how do you are you & I am me?

For me this is a difficult question to approach...

How do I really know that am me and that you are really you? How do I know my life isn't being controlled by something or someone else? How do I know that this all isn't just a dream? How do I know if this life, my life, is even real? And how did I become the person I am today? Was that my doing, was it my parents, my environment, a higher power, or maybe a combination?

This is what comes to mind when I think about the question of how do you know you are you and I am me. Truth is I don't know.

We grow up in this life learning to trust in the things that we have always known to be true. I grew up with the name Sydney Rae Burns and that is how I have learned to identify myself. I have learned that I am better at somethings and not so great at others. I have learned that I enjoy certain things more than I enjoy other things. I have learned that what I may be better at or what I may enjoy more, may not be the same as my roommate, my classmate sitting next to me in class, my coworker, my sister. I have also learned that this is okay. It is what makes each one of unique and maybe what makes me, me and you, you.