RETURNING TO YOURSELF

July 7, 2019July 7, 2019Just Joan

I fell in love with this meme the minute I saw it on FaceBook.
Psychology-turned-poetry. For all those who are seeking:

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Tippy Gnu July 7, 2019 / 12:27 pm

Yep. It’s a letting go. A looking through the glass onion. And a realization that everywhere you go, there you are. I love the meme also.

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- Just Joan July 8, 2019 / 4:51 pm
  
  A lot of shit gets piled onto us as we move through life… finding ourselves is more of an inner archaeological dig than a search for a missing person. Finding $10 in an old winter coat is always welcome though. 🙂
  
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lyart July 8, 2019 / 1:25 am

nice one, and true.

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- Just Joan July 8, 2019 / 4:55 pm
  
  Thanks, Lyart. One of my favorites. 🙂
  
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snoozing on the sofa July 8, 2019 / 2:11 pm

I think I only looked for myself once, but I quit when I found a $10 bill instead, because money!

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- Just Joan July 8, 2019 / 4:56 pm
  
  Ten bucks dissuaded you from looking for yourself? I wish I could let myself off that cheap. 🙂
  
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  - snoozing on the sofa July 9, 2019 / 8:29 am
    
    I wasn’t looking very hard to begin with.
    
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murisopsis July 10, 2019 / 12:09 am

That is some truth!! Thanks for sharing that one!

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- Just Joan July 10, 2019 / 6:28 pm
  
  Yep! If you want to “find” yourself, now you know where to look. Retirement provides much time for such pursuits. 🙂
  
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Quirky Girl July 12, 2019 / 7:19 pm

Yes! It’s definitely a journey of rediscovery, rather than an act of magically ‘finding’ ourselves.

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K E Garland July 13, 2019 / 6:50 pm

Thank you for sharing this. I absolutely love it because it’s pretty true for me.

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circumstance227 July 21, 2019 / 6:26 pm

Great thoughts. As a teacher, I spent a fair amount of time trying to get the kids to unlearn things. As a traveler, I came to believe that removing yourself from the culture you grew up in helps a lot in finding out who you are. As a mom, I tried not to plant assumptions in my daughters’ minds: e.g. it was never “When you get married and have kids, . . . ” but “If you decide some day to get married or have kids, . . . ” I think such little things can make a huge difference.

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