Be You?

 To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying  to make you something else is the greatest accomplishent.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

In other words...it is tough to be who you truly are in a world trying to condition you through shame and fear to be someone that matches social norms, convictions, and expectations but being so is a great acheivement.

So that being you and "doing you" refers to who we are  "personality" wise, I suppose and appeals to the mind set still stuck on that level of thinking, which would be most of us, right? So, Emerson could be saying if you find yourself in a physical body, relationship, role, or life situation that doesn't match who you feel you are pronoun wise, emotionally, mentally, spiritually, or in any other way ....do something about it. Be you. Do you...If you can follow your heart even when society judges, criticizes, condemns, you are acheiving something great.

I agree...but...we can take it deeper than being who we are at the little self level, can't we? We can learn to be who we truly are beyond the gender identifications, the roles we play, the circumstances of our lives, how we think, and how we feel.  We can seek to be the Self that exists beyond the self. Now, that to this "me" is the real acheivement. To see the One "us" or the One "I"  as the only pronouns needed...is the true accomplishment of this life time, wouldn't you say?

All is well.