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user-inactivated  ·  3021 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: If you had the opportunity to remake yourself, would you?

Honestly.. I think not.

There are things that I could change, if given this opportunity - like my poor eyesight, maybe make myself a little bit taller.. But I feel like all of these things, positive and negative, have lead to where/who I am today. My poor eyesight forced me to adapt in the sporting environments I'm so often in, making me a far better athlete than I would have been without it (I think), and so on.

And I'm really happy with who I am and who I'm working on becoming.

Everything I don't like about myself is something I can actually work on, and I'm really appreciative of that fact. Not everyone is as lucky as me.

Great question btw!

Edit: Also, after reading further, I also agree with the other poster about "self" more being who you are at the time. I would say we're always changing and the person you were a year ago is vastly different to the you of today, but you're still undoubtedly "you".

Paraphrashing below!

“No person ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and they not the same person.”