I was born a man and unless I decide to go through gender reassignment, I will be a man until I die... that seems pretty straight forward. And, my behavior as an adolescent is different than when a teenager, young adult, middle aged, senior citizen, and finally retired. And, that seems pretty straight forward as well.
But... am I who I am at the
beginning of my life
middle of my life
end of my life?
Who I was changes as my life changes and the reality as to who I am changes as well; so, at any given point-in-time you only see part of the reality of who I am, never really seeing my true reality until the very end...
I remember a Bible phrase: "the first shall be last and the last shall be first." What does God know about us that we don't know about ourselves? OUR FUTURE...NOTE: What brought this about was reading about the UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE and that object don't know if they are a particles or a waves do not know their own reality until the end of their journey because of all the filters that could be placed in front of them.
