learn about yourself

How much are we in control of ourselves?
I think that people do what they want and do the things that will make them and the ones they love happy. Some people are selfish and only want to help themselves, but some people truly want to help others. Can we control what kind of person we are? Can we even control the things that we want to do? I believe that you have the choice to do either right or wrong, but for some there are more wrong choices that they can make. Your morals should guide you but sometimes other things get in the way. No one can be perfect, everyone is going to make mistakes. I don’t think anyone really wants to be good all the time anyway. People say that they only do the things that they want to do, no one is going to tell them what to do but no matter what, sometime in your life you will be influenced or told to do something that you don’t want to do but sometimes you will still do them. Strong people have control over themselves to an extent, and weaker people aren’t always pushed around.

How well do we even know ourselves?
No one knows themselves as much as they wish they could. You don’t always see your flaws and you don’t always see the great things about yourself. There are things about us that we want to keep secret from everyone else. Maybe they are thoughts, maybe they are things from the past or things we want to do in the future. We know what is in our heart most of the time, but everyone else sees what actions we make. Others know our personality better, we know our feelings better.

To what extent can we ever be sure of anything?
There are always things that could go bad, but there is also a chance that it be the best thing of your life. You never know how a situation could end up. A lot of the time we aren’t in sure in ourselves and sometimes in anyone else, but then again sometimes we can put too much trust into someone who in the end isn’t worth it. Sometimes it’s hard to believe in things that we don’t even know are true, but people tell us you can run on just believing. What happens when you believe the wrong things? You learn from it. People have doubts in everything, and they always will, you can’t be optimistic about everything, and can’t have faith or trust in everyone. But how do you know what to believe, what to love, what to like and what to dislike? You don’t know, you make decisions and hope for the best, sometimes they aren’t but then again sometimes they are exactly what you needed all along.