105. I AM!

There is always a strange question which does the rounds with some of my associates, "Why are you like this?" I was pretty aghast when this question first hit me. But am I not supposed to be what I am? 

How else am I supposed to be? I am what I am. I have been specially custom-made by God with a blue-print that doesnot match with anyone else's in the world. So, is it not natural that I behave like me? How can I possibly behave, talk or be like someone I don't even know. Who better than me knows me? I don't wish to ape anyone. I just want to be me. 

As a kid, Mom would ask me, "Look, why can't you be like her or talk like him?" And the little girl in me with a huge mind, could never understand her. I would be left in a confused and perplexed state of mind. So, now, I tell Tirus, "Look baby, you got a mind of your own. You are special and different. Make your own decisions and behave like Tirus, not like anyone else."

A couple of years back I watched as one of the almost close to perfect (or so we think) beauty contestants was asked a question, which left me thinking! The judge asked, "What is it that you would like to change in your body if you were given a gadget to perfect yourself?" And the young lady had a whole lot of things to 'purrfect', much to the chagrin of the judges and me! She went onto say how she would like a perfect nose, lips, a flatter abdomen, better shaped thighs and a lot more. Oh God help her! I let out a sigh! How much more will she want to be till she loses her God-gifted self?

All said and done, I am supremely happy with what and who I am. I am proud of being and behaving like me. I love the little imperfections, or so others think that I have been born with. I like to think like me, dress like me, eat like me and above all, love like me! 'Cause I know no one can beat me at being Me. I would be proud to be born as me again! I AM!

(I thank my friend ONIR for giving us the film I AM.)

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