Each of us is a work in progress, coming more fully into ourselves over time, much like a portrait that emerges through the work of the artist. We are never completed works of art, but some times, places and people are central to helping our outlines emerge.
Who or what has been transformative in helping the picture of your true self emerge?
I doubt if my true self will ever show itself to others. Perhaps that is too bad but I don’t think that an individual can truly be known completely to others. Each of us has an inner and outer self. Perhaps I’ll work on getting my inner self better known but I don’t know….some people, like a former art education professor probably thought she knew me as “me” better than anyone else….but then I changed, so I know she really didn’t know me that well.