Think back: How many times have you been overwhelmed with work, school, a social life, a relationship, a family life...the list goes on? You become so stressed, you yell out (or tweet) : "I am only one person! (insert mad emoji here)." I've done it on more than one occasion. There is something to be said here, though.
You are correct, in the physical sense, you are only one person. However, contrary to popular belief, you are SO much more than just one person.
When you were a toddler, all you could do was play with toys and poop yourself. Yes, we all have that hilarious story where we made our parents laugh when we called them by their first name, but those times are few and far between. Back to the point, as a toddler you lacked, not only personality, but experience. You didn't know right from wrong or good for evil because you haven't experienced either side. You were just a funny, smelly, lump of clay without form.
Once you were a little older, your parents start yelling at you for dumping a bottle of bath bubbles into the fish tank...even though you just wanted them to be cleaner. They start praising you for cleaning your room or doing your chores. This is the time when you begin becoming more then just one person. Now, your parents have become a part of you as well.
Then, you entered the educational system; which is funded to mold and shape you. Mean Mr. Kramer, who assigns five pages a night for homework becomes your first enemy. Extremely sweet Ms. Miles, who wouldn't hurt a fly. You have your first crush on Grace, because she's the most beautiful girl in school. Sadly, you encounter bullies, teachers' pets, Mr. Kramer, Ms. Miles, Grace Sweeney, along with all of your friends or bullies you encountered; they all become apart of you. You draw on these memories subconsciously, or consciously, as an example of what TO do and what NOT to do.
We are all greater than just the sum of our parts, and it's time we be grateful for that fact. Thank the Mr. Kramers' of the world just as much as the Mrs. Miles'. Thank your coworkers, present and past. Thank your 7th grade crush for always being that goal just out of reach. Thank your bullies, enemies, or nemeses.
You wouldn't be you without them.
