The most baffling Q

A little while back I was asked the question “Who are you… tell me about you”, for some it is an easy question to answer but for me it is one of the most complex I have ever been asked! It wasn’t the first time this question has come to me and it won’t be the last I am sure.  I’ve been feeling so bad for days for dodging that question, racking my brain and doing serious soul searching!

I always get dumbfounded by that question though, I have had such a non stop life, had so many different life experiences that I tend to, when talking to different people, only tell them parts of the life I have had because a) there is so much to tell and b) I feel that people don’t need to know the whole truth. The people that I have told the most to treat me different after hearing it all, they give me sympathy where I don’t want any and they are shocked, hate that part the most. For me, my life has been my life, I am me, as I am you and you are you…

Do you think it is something that you learn or something you innately have?

I always feel bad when people ask me that question, actually in general. I get people to talk, when I sense it is coming round to me I change the subject back to them or refer to them and so it continues… my friends hate that part of me even my best ones, the ones that know me so well… What they don’t understand is that I love listening, it is not a hardship for me, I always have time for people no matter who they are, that is just me.

I have to find a balance between the two says my friend, but how?