I'm the Same Person | A Reflection

How can I be the same person if I’ve changed so much? Since I have the same body, and all of my family still call me the same name, it follows that I’m not someone other than I was the day I was born.

I see pictures of myself and, while I recognize the person there--it’s me, I also see my face change, my height change, my weight change, etc. And still, at every stage of my life, I have been me. Yes, I have grown, but I have always been me.

I am the same person I was when I was born. I’ve lived over five decades. I have the same body. It has experienced a lot of changes, but it's the same one I was born with. It will be the same body that will die some day. That will be one of it's final changes. And all the while the world continues around me.

The trees grow, the rivers flow, and everyone else in the world goes about their lives.

How can I be the same person if I’ve changed so much? Since I have the same body, and all of my family still call me the same name, it follows that I’m not someone other than I was the day I was born.

I see pictures of myself and, while I recognize the person there--it’s me, I also see my face change, my height change, my weight change, etc. And still, at every stage of my life, I have been me. Yes, I have grown, but I have always been me.

I am the same person I was when I was born. I’ve lived over five decades. I have the same body. It has experienced a lot of changes, but it's the same one I was born with. It will be the same body that will die some day. That will be one of it's final changes. And all the while the world continues around me.

The trees grow, the rivers flow, and everyone else in the world goes about their lives.