You are what you are.
Everybody is what everybody is.
Is it so?
I don't think so..!!
So many times I have heard people say, comment, put this as their status messages all over.. I am what I am. - in effect using this statement so loosely, just copying and pasting others' thoughts because it sounds cool and that it will show some character if it gets associated with them.
It is a way to communicate with the world that they don't give a rat's ass about anybody else's opinion and they will continue to exist the same way they are existing right now.
This is what mostly comes out from the people who are basically small time rebels, and mostly the people who really have no idea who they actually are.
Others' opinion matter a lot to them, but they create a facade that they are unmoved by any such opinions. So its their way to show the world, "Please World, I beg of you, I am living a meager life (though I want to show it magnanimous). Take a note of it too. Please adore me."
The reality is - People are what they are surrounded with - the circumstances, the situations, the kind of belief they have, how they are brought up, by other people that are around them - friends, acquaintances, colleagues, neighbors, family - well, actually the people closest to you; and by even the place where they live.
Ask them this -
Are you totally immune to the status quo?
Will you not lose your control if lose your current comfort that you are in?
Will you be the same person if the closest person to you changes his/ her behavior towards you?
If the answer is Yes to any of these questions, then you might see a point here.
To come out a winner from adverse situations, unholy circumstances, stronger than the people who pull you down, you first have to realize what you really are. One can't make such strong statements until and unless one has faced some hard facts of life and went against it all and came out an achiever. And this goes the other way round too - A person who has tried out on something and has been a success in it, that person has definitely seen some contrary scenarios in the journey. After that only, with a contented heart and a smile on his face, s/he has the right to say something like - I AM WHAT I AM.
What do you think... let me know...
- Asti
