Who are we....really?

How well do you know yourself? Are you able to accurately judge where you are in life…who you have become through self reflection or will the conclusion always be biased since it’s coming from yourself?

What about family and friends? Should their opinions be trusted 100% either, or will their views be biased as well…not the same as your own bias towards yourself, but from a perspective of caring, love, and genuinely wanting to be on your side.

So who can you turn to when you want an accurate reflection of yourself?

For me…I think my mirror and source of reflection is E. E is a person. Small in stature, yet commands immense respect and authority in E’s presence. E is about my age…give or take in either direction a fractional amount…but has life experiences that I can’t relate to. Some experiences I will never share because my path in life will never cross the journey’s E has taken, yet others…I will cross when the time is right in my life. I have known E now for almost 2 years…yet if you were to put the time we have spent face to face it might fill the number of days in a single month.

I value E’s opinions…E’s insight….and E’s perspective on life. E brings an entirely different view to things that I don’t even consider, and for this reason…I’m fascinated. Through our interactions and conversations I feel that E understands me…not just for who I am, but deeper…almost at the core level of what I want to accomplish and achieve in life. E relates to my struggles by sharing situations that E has overcome…yet totally unrelated to my events…with a little time to reflect on the accounts…mimic my exact struggles. At times…I feel as if E understands me better than most…yet I see E the least out of anyone I know.

How is it…that for all intent and purposes…a stranger/acquaintance with whom I interact with on a scheduled basis knows me so well!?!? Do “strangers” really know you best? Is it instinctual? Or are some people more intuitive to ask the right questions that get to the core of an individual.

At the very least…it’s something to think about.