Self-Image

What happens when something so little as a phrase "I don't care" makes you realize how nice or horrible of a person you are? What happens when u look at yourself in a complete different way, not voluntarily, yet not regrettably either.

Something very similar happened with this person I know. He couldn't be where he wanted to be. He couldn't be there for the person he always wants to be there for. He just couldn't fulfill a little promise of being caring towards someone. What happens when this sort of things occur?

He pauses and wonders what he thought about himself, about his personality, about his mentality, was he wrong about all of it? what kind of wrong self-image had he created, for maybe his own convenience?

I know a guy who has all this going on. He is stubborn, not understanding, and yet isn't too bad. He is, however, confused and admits it probably for the first time in life.

Only reason I am talking about the person is because he doesn't seem very different from others, he seems normal. So, do we all create an image of ourselves for our convenience? and do we then forget about what reality is and start looking at ourselves as that image we create for our convenience and selfishness?

I am not a good a story teller, definitely not a preacher. However, I do think that by looking at this person I mentioned above, we all can learn to be honest with ourselves. And by being honest we can avoid the possibility of doubting our own self image, for we all know, our actions can be dictated by our emotions and if emotions are true, then actions would turn out pretty well. (Now you all IBians, don't go all ToK about it, and just try to get the message that i am tryin to give).