So lately I've been wondering about the concepts of individuality and individuation, and I've stumbled upon a question that leaves me pondering upon a few thoughts. Can we truly call ourselves unique, or ever really consider ourselves as 'individuals' in a world saturated and riddled with influence, can we really?
I once heard someone tell me that we grow more into ourselves, but that bodes another question, and that is, who is this 'self' that we so strongly yearn to be, and fight so hard against social influence and peer association, who is this person, this 'self' that we're meant to be? Aren't we perhaps expecting too much from our 'selfs' and is it really as good as who we are willing to be? At the end of the day, there's never really anything good about settling, but sometimes, isn't it better to accept what you have right now, who you are right now, and perhaps realize and acknowledge that the current version of you is perhaps a touch better than any BETA you? That perhaps the latter you is not quite as good as the former, and that sometimes going backwards is the best way forward?
So the final question I guess is this. Who are we really, and who are we meant to be, if all that we are right now, are but pieces of our past, habits of our present, results of experiences, remnants of loves lost, and the broken whole of a hoped for future which you hope to be better than the future you've already imagined in your past, or as good as the present you never expected, and perhaps even better than the future of your past? Is this perhaps as good as it will ever get?
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