The first impression

The first day of class, our new teacher gave to us a list with four options, four words to select just one. The words were: Sun, Air, Tree, Earth. And we had to choose the one that represents us and explain why. 

Well, I have to say that I love these kind of test to meet yourself better and improve your imagination. So I was really surprised and excited, because it was the first class of English, and it was nice, not bored or theoretical like the others nine subjects that we do.

So, initially I thought that I was like Air, and then I ask to myself, how it would be? Like a feeling of freedom? Or like a feeling of nothing?

And almost instantly I thought that I wasn't like that. So I thought again and asked to myself, what of these words are you? And then I saw myself, a few years ago beside that beautiful and lush tree, in France, Forêt de Tronçais. I felt a beautiful feeling with this tree, a feeling of real freedom, the freedom that I was looking for. Because it is like feeling the roots of myself, with the earth, in a fixed place, without leaving, like your real home. If I'm a Tree, I'm my own home, and that sounds really good for me. Knowing myself and be happy just with me, I believe in that kind of freedom.

And you may think, "a tree is not exactly the most free option that you can choose, it can't be moved because it is fixed on a place". Yeah, well, that's exactly my definition of freedom. I think you are really free when you are feeling the roots of yourself and you are good with it, if it is not the case, I think you are trying to move, because maybe you want to escape, and then you are not really free. If you accept yourself, just the way you are, you will be always good, and it does not care where you are, because you are always in your body. If you think that your human body is your home, you will always at home. And a tree, is like your human body, just your home. 

And then, in the following slide, there are the definitions of the type of person that you are, in function to the word that you have chosen: 

Earth: systematic, logical, tidy, organized... STRICT! 
Tree: balanced, sensible, calm, fond of nature, ambitious, strong... RELUCTANT TO CHANGES!
Sun: active, optimistic, lively, cheerful... TOO INDEPENDENT!
Air: creative, imaginative, dreamy... YOU DON'T STICK TO REALITY!