Identity

Everyone struggles with how to define themselves.  I don't think there's a single person in the whole world who could say, "I know who I am 100%."  So what we do is try to create a persona for ourselves, seizing anything that we like and have control over and bring it all together to make some vague idea of a personality.  It's so easy to look at the sports or activities we do, the grades we get, the people we spend time with, and present that to the world, saying "This is me." I think the reason we're so addicted to things like Facebook and even blogs like this is that it's one little part of our world that we have complete control over.  We can control every aspect of the way we present ourselves to the world, and it's easier than actually being with people and running the risk of making a mistake.

I remember a talk I once heard at Snow Camp or the Week.  The speaker said that it really is impossible to know who you are and actually have that sort of control over your identity.  We, as humans, don't have the power to create ourselves.  Instead, we go to our creator to learn about ourselves and who we were created to be.  It's logical that the one who made us would know us completely, know everything about us, and we shouldn't go to other people or activities to try to find out who we are, much less try to take control ourselves.