Creating life...

Continuing on with the idea of making changes, I sit down to write this post. I was at Barnes and Noble in Fair Lakes this passed Sunday. I was sitting in the coffee shop area drinking some coffee and eating a cookie. For those of you who may not have seen this, Barnes and Noble sells coffee mugs as well. And I saw a mug with a saying on it that struck me as particularly profound.

"Life is not about finding yourself...Life is about creating yourself."

There have been times when I've thought that I need to get out there and "find myself". But I realized that finding myself is a myth. It presupposes that the real me exists out there somewhere and I have to go find that reality. But the problem with that idea is that it takes the responsibility for my life out of my hands. So realizing that the next step is to understand that I can't find myself...I have to create myself.

It's not a question of going out and finding some mythical version of myself that may or may not exist. It's a question of deciding to take responsibility for my own life and changing the things I can change and letting go of the things I can't. It's about realizing that I am the only person who can really say who and what I am.

Yes I am feeling philosophical. Philosophical and motivated. This is a good thing.