The people that are always around you [friends] or even the type of girls that you date are always reflection of you. this was taken by Noidsystem
Reflection of Self
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Kunta Kinte
Awe...
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lebogang nkoane
GG: Is that a fact or is that an assumed-fact?
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George Gladwin Matsheke
@LN - its my opinion really, so its not fact - unless someone can prove otherwise. why do you disagree with my statement?
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lebogang nkoane
I don't agree with the 'reflection' part. something about it, doesn't seem sound.
Alas, I can't find the right english words to express it yet --- I'll pounder on it for a bit.
But, the gist of my argument would be around the idea that a reflection is a mirror image of who you are, if you do not know who you are, then that reflection tells you nothing. But, if you do know who you are, then the reflection will not tell you anything you do not know, already.
So, I am saying: instead of surrounding yourself with people who are like you, surround yourself with people who are not,,,
something, something, sister, mother, cousin,,, I'll pen down the complete argument in my new book. ;-)
ps: "in my opinion" is coup out!
*hides.
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George Gladwin Matsheke
ok, i hear you...
im not saying that people around you have to be exactly like you. if you do not know who you are, maybe you can discover that by the kind of friends you have.
heres my thing : the girl that [you or anyone] were dating when you 16 is different to a girl that you were dating when you 25, that represent different stages in your life as an evolving human being. Things change, you meet new friends, lose friends, and still be able to keep other friends. We discover new things about ourselves on the daily - and people around you do play a role on you discovering those things about self.
i think it even goes down to the type, lifestyle you want live, car & house you dream about, the area, that is also a reflection of who you are
*this is very interesting - i wonder what everyones thought is on this
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Max Mogale
Damn LD. So deep...
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if you factor in cars & houses and 'group areas acts' then it's not so much who you are as much as a reflection of what you are...
it has to do with substance; whether it's a porsche or beetle; morningside or dlamini: it doesn't really tell you who a person is IMHO
The reflection of who you are is in those who know you. It may even be a shattered mirror (because different people know different things about who you are) that is your reflection. That's why I'm always fascinated by the different stories that different people tell about the same person, whether at a wedding or funeral or whatever occasion. Again IMHO
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George Gladwin Matsheke
@ae - on the cars & house thing i said "lifestyle you want to live" - want being the key word, not where live or drive because of circumstances
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lebogang nkoane
@ae: IMHO LOL!
*hides
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Uno
What's all the hype in discovering who you are?
We're absurd creatures living in an absurd world. The more we discover everyday, the less we know about ourselves and others. The more certainties we collect the more limited we become. We must learn to live with ourselves and with others giving the opportunity for these truth systems to clash in order to let go of these mind borders that keep us apart.
Well done GGM for raising so much controversy.
*love*
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NguJaz
I'm with you here GGM -- people you choose to have around you are a reflection of who you are. It's a subconcious decision, but it is indeed a fact Lebogang ; like attracts like.
Birds of a feather ... all of that Jaz(z).
Alternately, you may choose them because they reveal to you all of the things about yourself you don't like and want to change -- does it bring to mind that friend (we all got have that friend: the one that's always non-compliant, or is so annoying); something in who they are, is what/who we are?
However, people with whom you surround yourself are also a reflection of who you want to be. You choose them as mentors, or guides -- albeit not as "deliberate" an operation. So I suppose in this sense it's a concept similar to æ's shattered mirror.
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Khumbelo
shot!
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lebogang nkoane
@NguJaz --- I am not convinced it's a fact --- considering it can be shattered (ala, ae's comment).
Further more, 'birds of a feather flock together'? when you yourself say there is that 'friend'?
alas, i'll marinate on it for a bit ---
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Fluxd
nice shot GGM. you two are confusing me don't know what to think bout this fact. opinion. whatever it is.
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lwazi hlophe
ahh what a thought provoking dialog.cool pic as well.
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George Gladwin Matsheke
@ Fluxd - i didnt take the shot / Noidsytem took the image
you need to make up your own decision at the end of the day.
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Makhaya
2nd lwazi
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