Becoming Who You Are

Becoming who you are is truly a journey into the darkness, in my opinion; because you dont know who you are supposed to be, what your purpose is or where you are going. I use the analogy: you are standing in a dark maze, and a light wont turn on until you take a step. You take a step and a light turns on and you can see a little more of where your going in the process of finding who you are. The steps you take are events in your life that provide direction in your life, much like the light in the maze providing more pieces of your identity. But its not providing per say, its more like revealing the pieces of your identity that are already inside of you, the pieces were just hidden. And those pieces of who you are wont reveal themselves until you deal with situations and events, take a step. Now there is no step in the wrong direction, because at the end of the maze is who you are. It is not like Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire, where you can actually take a step in the wrong direction away from the Tri-wizard cup. See, everyone is their own individual person, everyone has their own maze to light up, their own steps to take. There is no win or lose. People might discover their identity faster than someone else but at the end of that maze you discover who you are, and in my mind that is a win. Everyone wins eventually. And success, in my mind, is becoming who you are and fulfilling your dreams and goals. Success for me is not letting someone make you take steps backwards, not letting someone question your identity, because what do they know? They are not you.