Okay this blog is called "I Celebrate
Myself" and it’s supposed to be about, well, celebrating myself. So let me
begin. I celebrate myself in two ways mainly, through what I do and through
what I am. I believe that what I do is based on what i am and what I am is
based on my surroundings, both physical and social. My social surroundings are
pretty clear, it’s the society that we live in. Our society shapes who we are
as people through its rules and customs and prejudices and it may affect each
of us differently, but it still affects us all. Our social surroundings also
include the people that we’re around every day like our friends and family.
They affect us just as much as our society does because they tend to be the
reason that we break social norms. My physical environment on the other hand includes
things in which our reactions are much more important than the thing that we
are faced with. It includes the obstacles crossed and the challenges overcome,
the problems faced and the prejudices broken. There’s probably a better name
for it besides physical environment but I can’t really think of one right now.
These two
parts have helped to develop my personality and my morals and principles, which
are the same morals and principles that often result in what I do, the other
part of me. Most actions that I take are done because of habit and nothing
more. They tend to be things that don’t require a big decision and are things
that are done every day. However there’s another type of choice that I still make
on a daily bases and those choices actually require thought and consideration,
like whether or not I’m going to ignore the homeless man or give him a dollar
or whether or not I’m going to help that person with their homework. These are
the type of choices that are based on what I am, my personality and my morals.
And I Celebrate Myself because I’d like to think that what I do and what I am
are things that I will always look back on and be happy with.
I like your split into what you do and what you are. What prompted you to make this distinction, and what do you think this distinction reflects?
ReplyDeleteI agree with how you explain how society in which we live in is a large part of who we are and what we decide to do as a people. Good Blog
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