Why Are We What, How, Where, Who, and Why We Are?

Why we are — and all else — depends on circumstances both in and out of our control.

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Please pause a moment. Look around you and then make note of where you are.

How did you get there? What made you decide to be where you are, right now? Is this where somewhere you actually want to be — or not?

For various reasons, you are where you are. Maybe you’re somewhere you have chosen — or not. And even if you are somewhere that you chose — it might not be where you desire to be right now.

How did you get there? If we’re being literal, you probably walked, took public transport, drove, maybe rode a bike, or some such.

Metaphorically, perhaps you took that job, bought that house, got on that bus, or some other circumstance in our outside of your control put you where you are.

This is something I think most of us just take for granted. When did you last question such?

Similarly, all other elements of ourselves and who, what, where, how, and why we are occurred through various combinations of choices made and not made, extenuating circumstances, and/or random happenstance.