Reflections: A Book

Self-made Pascifist

Prompt: "Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." George Bernard Shaw Do you agree?

Ooooo that's deep...yet also kind of shallow.

Typically, I can see both sides, but perhaps that's because they both could really mean the same thing.

On one hand "finding" yourself auto makes you think that your personality is already concrete at birth and you just have to figure out how to maneuver yourself. Like a soul dropped into some random contraption and told to 'figure it out'.

Whereas of course 'creating' yourself is all about control and power.

I think this just may be a matter of passive vs agressive; meek vs forceful; pessimist vs optimist and any other amalgamation of characteristics that describe both an "it is what it is" and a "I got this" view on life.

Both have benefits as well as pitfalls.

If you believe you have to "find" yourself you may not take full responsibilities for your action. You may be the "this is just the way I am and it's not going to change" stagnant type.
On the plus side there is solace in 'knowing' who you are and understanding how your mind/body work naturally and in response to stimuli.

Counter-wise, if you consider yourself a "self-made" man/woman you may be a bit of a control freak. I imagine this would make it difficult for you to accept any natural shortcomings which could lead to rage/alcoholism/pseudo-psychotic breaks, who knows?
Then again 'go-getter's are our worlds most successful and innovative people. There's nothing wrong with deciding not to take 'no' for an answer when you're willing to personally and morally strive for that 'yes'.

Like most things, it's all about balance...
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From 7/21/2015
We get many material uses out of trees. Are there any other intangible, artistic, or philosophical uses of them that come to your mind?

Wow, these prompts are killer. Other than shade and hammocks? Too hungry to get philisophical but I do love a good tree nap...o and I want a killer tree house one day.
Intangible, I like to imagine the earth imbuing me with it's energy on a nice sunny day. I think the plants/trees can contribute to that.