09/21/2026
This is my writing prompt for today: the question is:
“sometimes I wonder if becoming who we are meant to be is really about changing ourselves, or is it about slowly remembering who we were underneath everything life placed upon us?”
Who Are We Beneath It All? When I think about change, I think about becoming someone or something else. For instance, you take what you’re wearing off and put on something new. It’s a different outfit. So, have I changed? Have I put on a new self? Maybe when we say we’ve changed, we’re thinking we’re someone else entirely. Are we a new persona, a new personality? Sometimes we do that. We create a new or different personality. We even change our clothes, change our hair, and act in a different way. Our character has changed, and we become that costume and that story. When we walk out onto the stage, we become the character we have created. But if I look at this question through the lens of reading books and learning about the world, that knowledge can also make way for the ego to try on another self. In life, we experience. We learn. We are molded by our genes and our environment. When we begin to study, and get to know the multiple selves of the ego, is this change, or does this open us up to remembering who we are underneath all the disguises of the egoic self? When we begin to learn about who we are, do we really know the parts of ourselves that hide in the shadows? Most times, the answer is no. When we begin to bring light to those parts, we may become afraid and look away. Knowing ourselves means looking at the shadows with our eyes open and the lights on. Then we begin to see and remember what is underneath the piles of clothing, costumes, and characters we thought, and perhaps still think we are. We need to stay conscious in our experiences and watch and observe who we are pretending to be. Especially when we don’t like what we see. Learning and knowing our true version of self is knowing all the fragments, all realms of existence, and bringing them into focus in front of you, to see them within one space and one frame. It’s like painting a picture. Or perhaps it’s like joining and connecting the puzzle pieces together, from the many to the one. And then you ask, who is this one? That is the answer; to remember who or what is this ONE and we will know who we truly are.
Xoxo Michelle ❤️🌈☀️✨
