The many versions of you (2020) Drawing by Robin Van Der Walt

By Robin van der Walt

28 May 2020

Drawn to relate to the poem I wrote:

The many versions of you ( To the too many you's)

"Hello, hello, hello." "Good day to you all, i said HELLO!"
Each morning the same , a continuous phrase, for that "I know."
So today is new, the person that woke, yes it was you.
So why feel so uncertain of it all, why do you feel so terribly blue?

For by now you should know their are many versions of you.
Not just one or two but there are plenty, come on you know it's true.
A person has yet more than one personality inside.
Sometimes they all come out a little at a time, but 90% they all seem to hide.

For everyone pretends to be someone, even infront of me and you.
We adapt to fit in, to conversate and perhaps to adapt or even persue.
For if we did not, than none of us would be given a chance,
To live life, to enjoy, to be accepted, given a second glance.

So how can one tell, that there is more to one than meets the eye?
Do we begin to investigate everyone, to prove if it is a lie?
NO is the answer, for each person will eventually show,
That there is more to them, then you shall ever know.

Lets begin to uncover the different you's that there are,
The number one you is the one you that is always there, never too far.
The one that each day seems to be ready, constantly at play.
Its the main you, for it is the one you that stays the same each day!

So the you that is shown out to the world each day,
Differs from the one you choose to show to your friends I could say.
For you differ to those you know and you can trust,
Just as much as you differ to those you love and you lust.

Each personality changes ones actions as they must,
For we need them to create loyalty and trust.
The person at work, at home, with friends or even the one that gets lost.
For each personality has meaning, no matter who's path we may crossed.

To your fellow humans, you act mannered and appropriately.
The ways the world has taught you to act, is portrayed so perfectly.
Yet to those you see a little more regularly, acquaintances and colleagues,
They see a determined, more confident you as they form part of a lighter league.

The you, you show to your so called friends, is sometimes even more of a fake and a phoney,
For you pretend to enjoy everything they say and do, for they are but just another crony.
You show off and compare your successes and possessions,
For they are not truly part of one's lives, but more like concessions.

To your friends at home, the ones that do not change overnight,
Its quite wierd but sometimes they see you in your true light.
They sometimes know you better than those you spent most of your life,
They may even know you better than your husband or wife.

To your family at home, there is usually no pretends,
For they truly know you, your habbits, emotions you chose not to show your friends.
They are the ones that don't judge your ways or emotions,
For they are the ones that get, but most of your devotion.

Your lover is truly the one that gets to experience the most truest of you,
For you share parts of yourself, that only you once knew.
Though you change who you are to adapt to those around,
Sometimes you will do things even though you find them profound.

We change who we are in order to feel like we fit the part,
But to no-one in this world will one show their true nature of one's heart.
So to the many yous, you hide and the ones you like to portray,
Let me say goodnight, for tomorrow brings upon a new day.


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Thus look at yourself from another angle, from someone else's perspective you might see something that could inspire you.

There is never truly a rock bottom... That is a mind set if you give up on yourself for you do not see yourself worth no one can change what you see, only you can motivate yourself by looking at yourself in a different light to see the potential to motivate yourself to move forward.

How can one expect someone else to see them for what they are worth if to oneself you are worthless?

Original thought behind the doodle:

Colour makes a difference...

Try to look at yourself from another perspective, it might just give you HOPE again. When you think you are unable to change a situation or a problem in your life, even a bad habbits. Take a moment, look in the mirror at yourself, but look deep into your own eyes... Then take a moment and look outside yourself... See yourself and situations as someone's else's..  See yourself as others would and look outside your box for a solution. You'll be surprised what simple, small and unimportant 90% of your stresses are. The 10% that is important that you ignore or put aside are the ones that will truly make the change in your LIFE in order to move forward.

STOP
THINK
PUT IT ON PAPER
RULE OUT THE LESS IMPORTANT TASKS

And begin to......



FOCUS.....

Prioritize your life.

CAUSE TIME IS SOMETHING THAT NEVER STANDS STILL, YOU ONLY HAVE THIS ONE LIFE, SO WHY LIVE OTHERS, AND NEVER GET TO EXPERIENCE YOUR OWN?
STOP TRYING TO RULE, JUDGE AND CONTROL OTHERS, CAUSE BY THE TIME YOU ACTUALLY TAKE TIME TO LOOK AT YOURSELF, YOUR TIME COULD BE UP...

LIFE is meant to be LIVED, ENJOYED &  EXPERIENCED...
You should not have say over how others waste their time and opportunities, CAUSE while you do that, you loose control over your own... FIX ONESELF before trying to FIX OTHERS...

LIVE YOUR LIFE ABD LET OTHERS LIVE THEIRS...

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