I am what I am
The credits for Avatar were almost over when I noticed a middle age couple making a bit of a commotion walking down the stairs to exit the movie theater. The woman was having a lot of trouble making her way down, and the man assisting her (I assume he was her husband) kept loudly complaining that “she won’t see a doctor” about whatever it was that inhibited her movement. Her repeated response was “I am what I am”.
Hearing the woman say that phrase stuck with me almost as much as the immersive IMAX 3D movie about being what you’re not (a big blue avatar). Or maybe the message of Avatar is being what you are (in terms of character). Regardless, this woman was hardly the first to say “I am what I am”. God has that distinction, according to the bible.
As 2009 draws to a close and we think about 2010, I’d like to ask whoever’s reading: Should we embrace the “I am what I am” philosophy or should we try to be something else?
