Who Am I?

I was an avid IRC chatter few years back.  It was fun and I think it is one of the good platforms to find new friends.  This is especially true for most people as most of our time are spend on the Net, either for work, study or just to chill out.  I did make friends, in fact lotsa friends. But I did not dare to give my phone number out.  Until this day, this is my #1 rule when I chat (the 2nd rule is not to involved in any sexual chat!).  I know most people would say I'm kinda bo-ring because of this rule, but it is my rule. So if you wanna be my friend, all I can give is my YM id.  Through YM, I will get to now them a lil bit more then only phone numbers are exchanged.

One of my new friends, Mr Cool-As-Ice, whom I known for ages but only got the chance to stay in touch recently, was one of my so-called chat friend.  He asked me a question the other day, which made me realize something about myself.  "Tell me about yourself" was the question.  It is certainly a very simple and easy question but can be very hard to answer sometimes.  How many people knew who they really are?  How many of us could answer this question without wasting any seconds?  How many of us started with one quality about themselves and ponder about the rest?  How many of us started to give out the answer that we normally give during our job or scholarship interview?  It is so easy for us to describe our best friend or our spouse but yet so hard to describe our own selves. Why?  Maybe we spend so much time judging other people that we forget to judge ourselves?  Or maybe it is hard to describe the person whom we hardly see unless we are facing a mirror?  Or perhaps we never care about ourselves as much as we care others?

Is it important for us to know ourselves?  It is.  If you didn’t know who you are, then how are you going to let others see who you really are?  We need to know ourselves so that we know clearly what our weakness and strengths really are.  Then we can project our strengths and improve our weakness so that we can have the best in our life.  And most importantly, we must know ourselves then only can we love ourselves unconditionally.  As for myself, reading a few psychology books really help me to know the real me inside.  It wasn’t an easy task for me, but alhamdulillah I know myself better now than I did last year, and I still discover new things about myself everyday.  Friends, get to know yourself better because that is the only person who loves you more than anything else in this world.