WHAT...
...I was ?
...I wish to be ?
...I 'think' i am ?
...I 'actually' am ?
I was...
Retrospecting oneself helps to draw comparisons with the personality which one reflected in past..it gives us an insight on where have we dipped and where soared...on one hand we can decide on what all need to be squared with our past-self , on the other, be prideful over the areas where we have abruptly improved upon.
I wish to be...
Setting up an image in our mind helps us to put in more. Envisioning the personality which we've modelled for ourselves sheds light on the path that we need to traverse.
I 'think' i am...
A seemingly obverse side of the coin ! But its actually not..
We, at times, commit a mistake in drawing a perception of what actually we are. Lem'me explain this to you by re-traversing the path from childhood to youth...
Ria was an alrounder personality since her childhood. She was an epitome of splendour, beauty, academic excellence , sports, jingles, oratorship, creativity, and what not... She grew up...finished her schooling and entered college life..there, she considered herself the same old Ria, full of zeal and ardor. She did not particitate much in events, hiding herself behind the sophism that she has got more important things to do...neither did she studied much nor excelled in other fields..but continued to consider herself the best orator..the best athlete..the best student(that if she would study, she'd be the best...)..and best in everything..provided she do them. She kept herself away from conducing in the events behind the illusion that she needs to contribute to some more important acpect of live...and that if she would have, she would be the best !
Time passed and slowly she started missing that scintillate... and somehow, she finally realised that the cause of her lost tranquility is that she is actually not what she considered herself to be. She is not at all what she was anticipating her own self ... now she knows what she actually IS..a very different being from what she thought of...a very different being from the one she WAS....
Therefore, it's very important to know what you think deep inside about your present-self.
I 'actually' am...
Quite perspicuous from above ... knowing what we really are at present is the ultimate step...
Once coagitated over the above...you are just left with moving forth and attaining.... :)

5 comments:
You captured a few important pieces of common sense here. By any chance, have you read Marcus Aurelius's Meditations?
@huzefa
No doubt.. a perspicuous topic.. but worth a thought...
Nops...do u have a soft copy??
you can find one online. Google Marcus Aurelius's Meditations and the text will show in the MIT classics link.
nice and pretty useful advice.. :P
@Ankit
If this is gonna help you in any way, it'll my pleasure :)
Btw, it really works.
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