A Daily Dose

I would answer this question by saying "take risks" and be confident taking these risks. The only real way to find out who you are and how you're going to act is to take risks and try everything. You'd be surprise of the things that you'd do and not do. In the most intimately-involved relationships (including friendships), you can discover who you are just by interacting with this person. You can always "throw away" characteristics you don't like and further develop characteristics you admire in yourself and others. It's hard to know how much humility you should show but it's the only true way to develop yourself. But it's easier to humiliate yourself around your most intimately-involved friendships and relationships because those who truly understand you will accept you for who you are (a growing and confused person) and those who don't understand you are not needed in your life anyways. As long as you're willing to be strong and weak at the same time (by knowing that everything is always changing based on who you are and the environment) you will make it through this journey of discovery.

Take risks, make mistakes. It can't hurt if you try. The only way you can know who you are and what you like by trying different things. Many people usually learn from their mistakes and don't do it again.

"Your best teacher is your last mistake." I think it's a very appropriate quote. I would say that life is definitely a process of discovering who you are as an individual. Each time we make a mistake, we not only learn something from it, but we discover something about ourselves. However, this is only if we are able to recognize our mistakes and change for the better. Specifically, in relationships, both parties can validate and confront each other. No matter what, both individuals are going to have positive and negative characteristics. We are human and none of us are perfect. It is essential, though, to confront each other when you see a negative quality that can be worked on and potentially fixed. That is the beauty of relationships I think; to assist each other in becoming the best we can be. Making positive changes will only make you feel better about yourself. It shows that you aren't afraid of change and that you are willing to work on things to make yourself a better person. So, instead of the "I am who I am" mentality, I think people should instead recognize their faults, recognize potential problems in relationships, recognize their mistakes, and use that all to their advantage...in making positive changes in each others lives and discovering more about each other.

No living human being is pefect. It is through our mistakes that our minds are strengthen and our awareness increased. Many times we do not notice but our mistakes have shaped many of our character and we rarely notice this happening. The influence that we take in whether it be good or bad, we have a choice to accept or reject the ideas. We tend to accept those that please us because we can identify what we like from past experience. Our tastes in things become innately embedded in us and we live our lives like programed organisms searching for new things to endeavor.

I think that people do know a fair amount about themselves. I have morals and ideas that Iknow that I believe in and will always stick to that make up the base of who I am...but my opinions and thoughts on life are everchanging. I look back at some of the things I did and said 2 years ago and know that the person that I am now would have never reacted the same way. New things will always happen and new people and ideas will always come into your life-It is the way that one reacts to them that defines their self. Therefore, I dont think that anyone can ever really be defined unless there is nothing else left to experience.

I agree with everyone here. The only way to understand and grow from it is to take the chance and learn from it. Otherwise you're never going to know how it would have turned out. I think that life is all about taking chances and you never know until you try. If you didnt do this, then you're going to have a pretty uneventful life and you will never be able to discover the deep core of yourself. Also, this is a great way to find something new and interesting about yourself that you never really thought about.

The word risk seems to be theme for this entry, and I think it's probably the best way to sum up of self - discovery. You are never going to find out who are you if don't take every opportunity given. We're at the time in our lives where we need to challenge, accept, and regret actions and decisions in order know better the next time. I really believe that the best relationship you'll ever is with yourself, and how are you supposed to fullfill that relationship by just living the typical "9-5 workday"?

I agree with what those who have come before me have written. I think that the best way to find out who you truly are is to experience different things and start to communicate with people that you wouldn't have normally hung out with in high school or before college. We must live on the edge without worrying about what others may think. As long as we don't hold anything back we will find our true selves and have no regrets.

I think you grow through experiences. The more you experience, both good and bad, the more well rounded you become. Sometimes it helps to have another's perspective on a given situation and to see how they would have reacted, and you can compare yourself to that. When you do find out flaws about yourself, I think it is best to not be too proud to realize that you aren't perfect, because the sooner you can realize it, the sooner you can fix habits that may bother others or even yourself, and you can learn from your mistakes.

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Sometimes it helps to have another's perspective on a given situation and to see how they would have reacted, and you can compare yourself to that

I agree.