Category: Identity

  • Where to Find Your Identity

    Where to Find Your Identity

    I know that I’ve written something like this before, but this conversation keeps coming up.  Just because I study and I’m very interested in identity doesn’t necessarily mean I know how you might be able to find identity.  Everyone is different.  There is never one way to find identity and…

  • Guest Post: I Am a Vet

    Guest Post: I Am a Vet

    I had an interaction with @Swingman_Yeh – You can check him out on Twitter.  He had mentioned his “veteraness” in a tweet, and I didn’t have a post on that identity so I asked him if he would guest post on my blog about his “veteraness.”  Here’s his post. I’m a…

  • Where I Come From

    Where I Come From

    I recently watched a talk that someone gave from my Homeland – the Philippines.  I was born in the Philippines.  We moved to Hawaii when I was five.  I have been back a few times, but that is Where I Came From. As I watched, I was impressed by the…

  • Irrational Fears

    Irrational Fears

    I had an incredible conversation today with a 12 year old about Irrational Fears.  It was an interesting conversation as this 12 year old was able to first, articulate that she had a rational fear, and then second, that she was willing to accept it. We have as part of…

  • Just Need to Know

    Just Need to Know

    Have you ever met anyone like that?  It’s that person that just needs to know.  It doesn’t matter what the topic might be – they just need to know what it is that you know.  You might be that person – You Just Need to Know. I don’t think that…

  • I Never Used to Like Dogs

    I Never Used to Like Dogs

    Well, I had a little dog growing up. I loved that dog.  It was my dog.  I took care of that dog.  Then we had to move, and we couldn’t have pets in our Condo.  My dad gave away the dog without letting anyone know.  We didn’t even get to…

  • Identity and Another Place

    Identity and Another Place

    There is a commercial on tv that I saw today about New Orleans.  The basic tagline had to do with the fact that you can find a different version of “you” if you were ever to visit. I’ve driven through Louisiana, but I have never been to New Orleans.  I…

  • The California “The”

    The California “The”

    I have lived in California for a long time.  I’m not quite at the point where I can say that I’ve lived here longer than I’ve lived anywhere else.  I’ve lived in Hawaii for much longer (but I’m almost there). If you live in California for awhile, you find Californians…

  • Beef Tongue and Chicken Liver

    Beef Tongue and Chicken Liver

    What does this have to do with identity?  I’m not sure, but I am going to a restaurant tonight that serves this.  Maybe I’ve been watching a few too many documentaries on food – especially the stuff that most people throw away. I was born in the philippines.  Filipinos eat…

  • Body Ideal

    Body Ideal

    Body modification has been something that so many cultures have been doing for hundreds of  years.  Whether it’s the long necks of the hill tribes people in Thailand or the tattoos from the Polynesian islands, body art and body modification is something that people have been doing for a long…

  • How to Find Your True Self

    How to Find Your True Self

    How you can find your identity – your true self.

  • Attend Your Funeral

    Attend Your Funeral

    I was listening to a talk this am, and the speaker was an artist who had asked the questions – What would it be like to attend your funeral? Of course, we will all attend our funerals – at least our body will (we can have the conversation later about…