“I am not who you think I am;
I am not who I think I am;
I am who I think you think I am ”
Challenge:
- (Imagine soft, undistracting music playing while you write. Or go ahead and turn on some soft, undistracting music.)
Done? Okay, let’s talk about it.
I read this quote a billion years ago sophomore English class. My teacher used it as a journal prompt much as I’ve used it here. Here is my response:
I realize this is not an incredibly inspired journal entry; I was making the minimum effort necessary to fulfill the in-class assignment. Then why I have I kept this green spiral notebook (and the yellow one, and the blue one, etc.) all these years? Because they help me see my own growth.
Writng in a journal helps you see yourself growing!
That’s what makes it so fun. You get to see how your mind has changed. It’s good to have our minds always changing and growing. Otherewise, we’d have the same attitudes we had when we were five, and we’d be afraid of the same things, and we’d never discovered that we actually like ____________. (Fill in the blank with something you hated as a five-year-old that you like now. In my case it would be vegetables.)
Today, my thoughts about Cooley’s quote are very different. This isn’t about me, however, so I won’t share them. This is about you.
This is about you thinking about who you are.
This is about you choosing how you want to function in this great big world.
This is about you choosing the impact you want to make.
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This is about you learning how amazing you are by your very nature.
