reflection is about looking inside yourself

In this busy, loud and many a times overwhelming world we never get a moment of quiet to hear our inner voices, to hear the genuine within ourselves. We have been so programmed to do the next logical thing we never realize what is logical to the world may not be so logical for us. I realized this when I sat opposite a counselor who asked me to describe myself in 5 sentences. I told her my name, where I am from and what I did and she told me I did not ask what you do, or where you came from I asked to define 'you'- the person, what makes you ‘you’. I sat there hesitant and confused thinking ‘ what about me?’ So how well do we know ourselves? I figured if I don’t make time to get to the real me then its pointless expecting people around me to know me. Trying to come out of a bad marriage I realized how I did not know myself, and that in turn made me unsure of what I really wanted in life. I was going through the post break up stages of feeling sorry for myself, watching romantic comedies and hating ‘happy couples and their cute chubby babies’, when I realized I had a potential cure to avoid such things from happening again!! By such things I meant bad relationships and by cure I meant getting to know myself. I figured since having a shopping list always makes my shopping easy and also keeps me from buying things I don’t need- I thought I would start by making a list. A list that would help me reflect. I decided to look inside myself do some soul searching. Now having such a big revelation all of a sudden can be unnerving but having been in a dark place for almost 2 years, I was determined to be little Ms. Sunshine and explore myself totally unabashed. It was then I remembered I love writing and always have but somewhere along the way I was so engrossed dealing with emotional turmoil’s that I forgot completely about it. So here is my attempt to start my quest to discover me. I know I am not the only one who’s own voices has faded out, so I urge all of you to stop and listen, so the next time someone asks you, define yourself in 5 sentences you can say 5? Not enough I may need more ☺. Happy discovering everyone!!!