Have you changed through the years? Or have you deepened into who you are?
I'm not talking about contentment, or dissatisfaction with now, or what led to here. There are events that shape us, yes. But our identity is something deeper than what befalls us. Who we are carries us through.
Really I can only speak for myself, and, though my life is perhaps not where I would like it to be, I'd say I've become more deeply the person I want to be. I don't think I've ever been outside who I am, and I haven't ever undergone such radical change as to seem like a different person to myself.
This talk is about that. I recorded it in 2008, and though it was posted in this blog when it was made, I have created an updated HD version.