Doppelganger, according to Wikipedia, is a tangible double of a living person that typically represents evil. In the vernacular, the word doppelgänger has come to refer (as in German) to any double or look-alike of a person. The word is also used to describe the sensation of having glimpsed oneself in peripheral vision, in a position where there is no chance that it could have been a reflection. Doppelgängers are often perceived as a sinister form of bilocation and generally regarded as harbingers of bad luck. In some traditions, a doppelgänger seen by a person's friends or relatives portends illness or danger, while seeing one's own doppelgänger is an omen of death. In Norse mythology, a vardøger is a ghostly double who precedes a living person and is seen performing their actions in advance.
In popular culture today, doppelganger literally means a person who looks very similar to us, physically speaking. A good example would be a picture below of the Barack Obama and his doppelganger.
I was always told that there is always one person in this world that looks exactly like us. And that person is not related by blood to us. Not sure if that theory is proven true, but since there are 6 billion people on this planet, I think that could be a possibility. If he is out there, I'd really like to have the opportunity to meet him.
Speaking of doppelgangers, we are actually our own doppelgangers, 1 way or another. While our looks have not changed much over the past few years (unless you are going through puberty, then this does not apply to you), we definitely would have changed as a person on the inside.
The same can be said to our real life doppelgangers (if they are out there). They would look like us, but I'm pretty sure they may not have the exact same characteristics or behaviours as us.
Back to my earlier point, yes, I am a vastly different person from the person I was 3 years ago. Despite having higher highs, and lower lows than before, I do feel that I am more AWESOME than I was last time ;-p
I definitely never really lived back those days, never took any chances, risks. I was very introverted back then, and now I'm less introverted (while those who know me think I'm somehow perverted ;-p). Some things I have done that has made me proud and happy just even thinking about it. The bad parts, well, we never really want to remember those, do we?
We should always look on the positive side as we will never know what is in store for us. 1 thing I know, is that what ever that may come, I should be brave enough to take a chance and experience it.
How about a toast to our old, doppelganger self. Without them, we wouldn't be where we are today. More awesome, and soon to be even more AWESOME-R!!!
:-D
Boodyboy, out!!
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