I Never Wanted to be a Mason, So Why am I Always Building Walls?

Published by: SoNaoWat on 3rd Sep 2010 | View all blogs by SoNaoWat
"Hello all.  Catchy title, huh?  I’ve been exploring a lot of ideas recently about “wall building” as it applies to the ways that we as people present ourselves to others.  I think that most of us are somewhat different in different settings.  Now that sentence has two big qualifications in it:  most and somewhat.  Maybe I’m different from everybody else.  Maybe I’m the only one who often feels like she’s a different person at church, from the person she is with her parents, from the person she is at work, from the person she is with friends, from the person she is with her children.  And the bad part is maybe none of those are who I really am.  Maybe I don’t even know who I really am and that’s what I’m trying to find out. "

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Comments

2 Comments

  • EyesOfFrank
    by EyesOfFrank 1 year ago
    Keep searching, but it sounds to me like you really know yourself quite well.
    As for me, no walls. I am who I am and that is what anyone gets when they meet me. I am open and honest, without being hurtful, unless it is absolutely called for, then I can be a real ass. I have nothing to hide, my life is an open book. My past is my past and has nothing, and everything, to do with who I am today and who I will be in the future. If I am asked about my past I am completely open. If you think you like me now but change your mind because of something in my past, well so be it, but I refuse to hide behind any walls.
  • SoNaoWat
    by SoNaoWat 1 year ago
    Thank you for the comment! It sounds like where you are now is a little bit like where I want to get to- a place where I can feel like I'm being real. Congrats on that. I'm continuing to work on it, and hopefully someday will know what Wall-less feels like. Thanks for reading!
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