Brick: What makes us who we are

What makes us who we are?

"Life is a resume, be careful what you put on it" -Uncle Ronaldo

I recently got a job at a construction site building apartments. It is so interesting to see the process of it all. What it takes and what all goes into it. There are so many steps and process to make a complete live able home.

Bricks is what we have to write about today so bare with me through this metaphor. 

We are a building. It's stature, quality and purpose of it is based on your interests and your quality of what kind of person you are.

Your building or yourself, is built up of thousands of little things that you cannot see to the naked eye but yet instead the overall complete product is visible. They don't see your pains, struggles, triumphs, fears, worries, joys and things you love.

The foundation layer is your core beliefs. When you break yourself down what do you truly and personally believe? This something no one sees. This is what you do when no ones looking and is your deepest and most private thoughts and desires. 

Next is the wood and stucco to put its house into form. This is maybe a little more out of your control. This is what the shape of your environment. This is who your friends are. Where you live. What your parents teach you. This is what can be seen by a few but this is still fundamental to your structure.

The decorations on the inside are your likes and interests. What you enjoy doing and you surround yourself with. Your happy places and what you think about.

Each room is the different compartments of your mind and personality. One room could represent your fun crazy side where as the other could be your dark side (ya everyone has one)

The outside is built on what you put on show to others. Your physical appearance. The way you speak. The way you dress. That tattoo you thinks a good idea. That new hairstyle you saw on TV. Each action you make just adds one more piece to the building that is you. 

"Ok what's our point of this?" This is it: everything you do makes you who you are. Every decision has a consequence good or bad. What do you want people to see when they see who you are? Building your foundation on things that fade or are ugly and not strong enough to stay around for ever that builds a crappy old shack that should be condemned? Or a strong moral person who speaks highly and intelligently and be a large grand skyscraper who is above the filth of the world? Dress, speak, act and think as you will. 

Just remember everywhere you go you are being watched and judged. What do you want people to see when they see you?

Steven O. Jordan