Me and My Selves...

"Be yourself". This is something that you get to hear very often. But, have you ever been sure of what is "yourself"? I do not think I can give one set definition to who I am. There isn't just one person residing in me, I am many people.

The person I am when I am alone is very different from the person I am with my friends, which again is different from the professional me...etc. It is like I have a whole set of behavioral and psychological buttons in me that go on and off in sets as per the change in social scenario. I feel this is very natural with everyone. If you sit back and look at yourself, I am sure you will agree. But in the rat race, people don't find time (or simply don't want to spend time) analysing and observing themselves. They might get to do a lot more things in a day than me, but I feel spending time to know yourself is essential for living a more meaningful life. It's amazing to watch yourself naturally adapt to a situation. I have seen people getting stagnant in one social scenario, and thus with one part of themselves. This will caused only harm, as each of your selves have their own positive and negative qualities. All your selves need to be active frequently or you might end up making your other selves, along with their positive qualities suppressed.

Keep watching yourself, keep making mental notes of it, and later you might want to analyse it; all for the fun of it. It is like making friends with yourselves. And helping one another out and talking to each other to get fresh perspectives. You will be amazed to see how much you know but never realised that you knew! These selves might have conflicts with one another at many situations. One self tries to dominate over the other, they argue, they debate and this leads to a lot of chaos in your mind. But your higher self will smile at you with the happiness of a teacher watching his student learn and grow.