how_do_you_find_out_who_you_are kerry someone please help me out here 011231 ... ClairE The first step is to ask. Trials you endure help you figure it out. By what terms do you define yourself? I know what I stand for and what I don't. What I believe in and whom I love. I also have an inkling of what and whom I want. Other people can sometimes help you out. That old teacher Experience will kick you in the butt about it eventually. Don't become something because you want to be like someone else. Become whom you want to be. 011231 ... sphinxradio maybe you never know for sure. it's no fun to have nothing left to learn about yourself. 011231 ... cube 1) Try new things. Lots of things. Try things that you don't think you have a talent for. Take advantage of every opportunity that comes your way. You will surprise yourself with the number of hidden talents you never knew you had. 2) Meet new people. Lots of people. Have you ever noticed that those people you admire most are always striking up conversations with total strangers? Lineups are the best places. Waiting rooms are a close second. The latest label for this natural phenomenon is 'networking'. 3) Find out what you like to do (see #1 and #2 above) and strive to become the best in that field. This way you wake up excited every day. Don't worry about the money - when you love your work the money will always follow. Everyone who has figured this out says the same thing, "I would do this job for nothing." By the way, EVERY job has it's boring bits. This is unavoidable. That ought to get you started... ³ 011231 ... Mahayana: Zakah: : who? ¿who ?who : 'hü, ü hwA; hwer, who, quis, tis, qui, : what or which person or persons person: perhaps an interrogative? [who was wondering who they are?] [they should find out who they are] speaker of all educational levels/ reputable writer/ though disapproved by some grammarians/ the object of a verb or a follower of prepositions?/ [who did I see but a wondering wanderer] [do not know who this message is for] could you be a functional word used to introduce a relative clauses? used especially in reference to persons [my fellow blather, who was a wandering wonderer] could you also be, the object of a verb, or a following preposition? [a character who we are meant to question -for not knowing who they are- for not knowing who we are- not knowing the know-it-all-ness of knowing what we do not yet know] WHOM, THAT? as who archaic : as one that : as if someone as who should say archaic : so to speak who is who or who's who or who was who-who : the identity of or the noteworthy facts about each of a number of persons' pet owls ¿[you could be an abbreviation for the World Health Organization]? ?[[couldnt you]]¿ ¿[[[ever think of asking for a raise]]]? 011231 ... dB confront your fears. walk the line. dive out into heavy traffic with your eyes shut. cars have breaks, most people forget that. hold yourself underwater as long as you can. Stand on the edge, hold nothing, and look down. 011231 ... Dafremen Stop trying to be who everyone else wants you to be. Respect yourself. respect others and watch YOU come to the fore. You are beautiful in every way imaginable and the parts of you that aren´t..aren´t really you, just what you´ve become in response to what you are expected to be. 011231 ... dB once again daffy speaks the words of truth. 011231 ... hey now! how about not trying to figure it out. just do what comes naturally to you and stop thinking about it so much. 011231 ... sabbie i check my drivers license. not only does it tell me who i am, but it reminds me where i live too. such a knowlegable piece of plastic! i have made it my god. 020101 ... Jenna hey now! Amen! sabbie... :) 020101 ... hey now! thank you jenna. =) 020101 ... phaace Ever try just living? 020102 ... hey now! now phace.. isnt that what i said? ;) 020102 ... carne de metal "when you think the night has seen your mind when inside you're twisted and unkind Let me stand to show that you are blind please hold out you're hands cause I see you, And I do. I'll be your mirror." V.U. 020207 ... u24 pretend you could be invisible for a day, or that your actions would not be noticed by anyone at all. that you can do anything. what would you do? 040624 ... barbarella create a few large bank accounts, buy a mansion, move in, find a lover 040624 ... birdmad i already know who i am and that seems to be precisely the problem 040624 ... grendel now, if i could just figure out how to be someone else entirely 040624 what's it to you? who go blather from