Identity crisis by Isaacola AA

Identity is the state of having unique identifying characteristics held by no other person or thing. Collins dictionary

Identity is the state or fact of remaining the same one or ones, as under varying aspects or condition. Dictionary.com
Who am I? What do I really want to be and who do I really want to be? These are the questions that rack the mind of every young person male or female. It is a question almost as old as man himself. What image of myself do I really want to portray to the outside world? Um identity crisis.

As I was growing up then, wearing beard is the sign of maturity and every young boy crave the need to grow beard albeit it's not yet time. We go to all length to induce the growth by rubbing spirit and using needles to prick the lower jaw severally because someone said it was the quickest way of growing it. Now, we are tired of shaving the so called beard we so eagerly crave for then! The ladies with pimpled infested face are termed matured then, now they will go all length to us foundation and mascara to conceal anything looking like spot or wrinkle on the face.

I remember then also, fat ladies were the in-thing. A musician even sang to praise "orobo" then to high heavens. Now the opposite is the case. Now fat ladies go to all length to shed the excess baggage called fat now: they endure difficult and different exercise, use herbal therapy and even undergo many plastic surgeries all in the name of shedding excess weight called fat. What do we really want in life?

The tall ones wanted to be short, the short ones wanted to be tall and all our precious energy is expended on what I would have love to be without appreciating who we are indeed. The whites sunbathing to get a tan while the dark skinned ones are toning the outer layer of the skin to be lighter! Impossible to please we are!

The guys are dressing like the ladies while the ladies are dressing like the guys! What do we really want out of life! We are confused completely about almost everything we are. It is even more difficult when it come to the ladies; should they be addressed as Mrs, Miss or Ms? It is just too difficult this day. Guys now wear makeup, earring and all manner of hairdo that hitherto are exclusive to the ladies while the ladies Sag their jeans, wear all manners of tattoo in all manner of place that cannot be mention. It is difficult now telling if someone is a he or a she. Why are we so confused.

Every young one go through this phase but you are never to stay there. It is supposed to be a passing phase not a bus stop. This is actually the time we are supposed to carve a niche for ourselves by discovering who you are and what you are created to be and do. Discover what you have passion for and you can do without being paid for and develop your talent and do something with it. That is the area you will excel if cultivated and develop properly. As I conclude let this joke of mine stick to your subconscious mind "if you are taller than me, you are too tall and if you are shorter than me, you are too short, I am just perfect for what am created to do.

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