Who Am I ?

“Millions of people never analyze themselves. Mentally they are mechanical products of the factory of their environment, preoccupied with breakfast, lunch, and dinner, working and sleeping, and going here and there to be entertained. They don’t know what or why they are seeking, nor why they never realize complete happiness and lasting satisfaction. By evading self-analysis, people go on being robots, conditioned by their environment. True self-analysis is the greatest art of progress.” --Paramahansa Yogananda

 After the presentation from the speaker on Friday, it really got me thinking about who I really am. I foten think about my flaws, my weaknesses, my strengths: everything that makes me who I really am. But who am I really? Am I someone that has conformed to the standards to society, or have I become the person who I want to be ? I forgot what her name was, but I remember her talking about how she lived 60 years of her life in a man's body, but that wasn't what she wanted. She even tried to prove that she was a man by fighting in the Vietnam war, to prove herself that she could 'cure' herself of her predicament.
In the book "Why Men Don't Listen & Why Women Can't Read Maps", there's a section that says that homosexuality & being transsexual is a result of genetics. It talks about how when you are being formed as an embryo, there are certain hormones that make your body a male/female, and hormones that make your brain think you're feminine/masculine. If you don't receive the correct amount of dosage that matches your body, then you can become more feminine if you're born with a male body and that can result for you to become gay because you're attracted to males. So if this theory is correct, then homosexuals shouldn't blame themselves for who they are. They're born that way, just like Lady Gaga said.
I don't encourage people to be gay, but if they are then I'm okay with them. They are normal people, just a little bit different sexually.
I remember the speaker saying that after the surgery, she was completely happy with who she was. & I'm happy for her that she is because now she doesn't have to live with any regrets. She found who she really was, & she lived it out, not caring about what others had to say for those that matter don't mind & those that mind don't matter. & that's the beauty of it all.