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Are you what happened to you

Or what you choose to become?
ginnyfromtheblock · 26-30, F
i would be a very different person if i were not deeply traumatized, denying that is denying reality
Trippy · F
@ginnyfromtheblock Nor did I ever choose to have a cold.
ginnyfromtheblock · 26-30, F
@Trippy right, i’m sick. i’m doing my best to not be but it’s still reality.
Trippy · F
@ginnyfromtheblock Then accept it as if you'd chosen it. Adapt. Live today.
MiserableAtBest · 18-21, F
I have always struggled answering this question. Often people expect the answer to be an automatic no, but it’s not.

I [i]am[/i] what happened to me, it made me who I am today.

I have spent all my life trying to distance myself from my past, and believe me it does more harm than good.

Mind you, that does not mean that my past is all there is to me, not at all, I am more than that. But my struggles still form a huge part of me, I cannot be me without my past.
Trippy · F
@MiserableAtBest life.... Happens right now. Certainly we learned from our mistakes. But that thinker in your head... Just uses you otherwise.
summersong · F
What has happened to me has shaped me into the person I’m choosing to become but I’m so much more than my past.
Trippy · F
@summersong Nice. That past story we keep in our heads is just that. A story. Life happens right now. Live. It.
Lilymoon · F
No I got lost along the way. 🤷‍♀️
I'm not even sure anymore I just feel terribly alone.
Trippy · F
@PiecingBabyFaceTogether That thinker in our heads can be rough and times. 😔
@PiecingBabyFaceTogether so do I. My aloneness is not "me" though.

GOD forbid!
No....

I am my deepest desires...
@Soossie I love that remark Soo!
Trippy · F
@Soossie Blessed you are. May you continue with all of you heart ❤️
@Elevatorpitches

Thank you...
No it's what upsides down of life has made. Sometimes life gives hard lemons.
Dolimyte · 41-45, M
That's a false dichotomy.
Trippy · F
@Dolimyte Expound please?
Dolimyte · 41-45, M
@Trippy one does not exclude the other.
SW-User
a hybrid of both
Mostly just coping
kodiac · 22-25, M
I am what i had to become to survive no choice only instinct
Trippy · F
@kodiac We just...are. Right now. The past, just a story. The future our anticipation.
kodiac · 22-25, M
@Trippy Absolutely
Trippy · F
@kodiac Be today. Be...right now🙂
Turtlepower · 36-40, M
I am what I chose to be, based on a combination of my decisions, and circumstances.
Trippy · F
@Turtlepower Simply being. Nice.
SwampFlower · 31-35, F
Given that circumstances often constrain choice, I would say more the former.
SW-User
@SwampFlower What you don't see is what a powerful inspiration you are, in spite of what's happening to you. You have helped so many, including myself. You're true blue. 💙💙💙
MarkPaul · 26-30, M
I'm on a chosen path.
Trippy · F
@MarkPaul How so?
MarkPaul · 26-30, M
@Trippy I have goals and I am on a path to achieve them.
CountScrofula · 41-45, M
It can only be both.
Trippy · F
@CountScrofula Hmmmm... No duality in life. We are just one.
SW-User
A bit of both, I imagine.
A combo of both.
ASLAN · 26-30, M
I am what happened to me.. It shaped me the way I am today 🤷‍♂️
Trippy · F
@ASLAN We are life. Has occurred since the moment of birth. That same moment is right now. Memory happened to you sir.
ASLAN · 26-30, M
@Trippy we're just a déjà vu 🤷‍♂️
Trippy · F
@ASLAN We just ARE.
I mean what happened to you could factor in who you choose to become so it could be both. Really you are a lot of things.
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Trippy · F
@SW-User Then you might reside occasionally in the past perhaps?
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Both factors are elements in my life. Experience [b][i]and[/i][/b] choice.
SW-User
I am what I choose to become.
Iwillwait · M
No, but my story is quite a trip.
DragonFruit · 61-69, M
There’s a combination....who I am is definitely influenced by experiences I’ve had, but it’s also partially based on conscious choices.
I was what happened to me most of my life...now I'm who I actually am...staying in the now
nowic2 · 61-69, M
What I chose & still getting better. You?
SW-User
No. Almost, but no.
A combination of the two, if I’m being honest.
SW-User
The latter. What has happened to me is irrelevant. What matters is what I'm going to do about it.
Trippy · F
@SW-User Indeed ❤️

 
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