Who am I? Follow up to my "Who are you" discussion

Wow, what a great question, and I hope that it's appeal for candor is both truly sincere and welcome... The fact is, I've come to learn quite a bit from you, and I've come to appreciate both the things that we agree on and disagree on. Earlier on I had formed a negative impression, but whether it was your doing or not, I found myself re-evaluating and realize how wrong I was, and quite the *&@#! I was for coming to those erroneous conclusions. You are, in my not so humble opinion, a passionate and compassionate person deserving of respect and affection. David A. Reedy...

You are a rather deep individual who looks at things on a bit ratical level at times. I think you have been off of here for awhile I am not able to form a very good opinion because of this. Not fishing for compliments? Fine. I won't give any.

I have just responded to a few posts. I think of you as a friend but I really don't know the real you.I know a few facts like you are a loving mother but what you really like,I don't know.In these few week sI realized that people only know what you want them to know about you.The one person that Really knows the real me is my bestfriend. We had been talking here for years but two weeks ago I really opened up to him and he is doing the same.It is strange,I am his first friend that's a girl and not a girlfriend. He is English and I don't know if that's why he is G-d smacked.It took some time but now he knows he is my best friend. It is soo great to have at least one person who really knows me. I just learned t does take time to Really get to know someone.And it takes courage to really open up.

I can bet you are not alone in asking the question "Who am I". Someone else's opinion of you will not define who you are. In reality, "who am I" is best determined by you yourself, as only you will know you really are. Just be truthful to yourself and you will know who you are! As for me, "who am I" is "I am me, myself". Yes, arrogant and egoistic, you may say but that is the confidence I have in myself and it is that that makes me. LOL.

Well, I could give you my name as Derek.. But that's not who I am.. I can tell you that I practice Zen and therapy, but I am not just this either. So, as I find difficulty in defining who I am[i][/i], I try not to judge who others are either Seriously, I have from time to time responded to your discussions and I feel I like you as a friend and fellow human being. My thoughts are that like the rest of us, you are reaching out to others here on myLot to form friendships and have interesting and enjoyable discussions, and that is what I like about you. Like me, you feel like a piece of the character that we call myLot. - Derek

I think there are usually two choices here--be who you want to be or be who others want you to be. If you're lucky you can manage both without giving up either. I hope you've found the balance.

miamilady well I know you are sensitive, you are quite intelligent, You are a woman and a thinker, you like' to write,I think, and you like to mylot too. You are introspective and like to puzzle out things. I have sort of formed a mental image of you from other discussions of yours that I have responded to. So how am I doing?