Have you tried to draw your soul?

" I tried to draw my soul but all I could think of was flowers"

A female artist based one of her works on this quote. I loved the portrait or whatever it is called as the artist really showed great creativity here. However, what I liked the most was the quote itself. Draw my soul? I never tried to draw my soul. I never actually tried to think about what I'm made of; what made me the person I am today and, this is what I think the person who's been quoted tried to do. She tried to know herself better and she decided to refer to everyone she's met and everything she's been through that led her to be whoever she is now as flowers. 

So I decided to copy her; to draw my soul, but all what I could think of was books. I found myself referring to every moment of happiness, every moment of grief, every moment of hope, every moment of disappointment, every moment of strength and every moment of weakness as books. I found myself referring to every wound that healed, every wound that left a scar, everything that broke me, everything that made me mend the broken pieces, every good memory and every painful one as books. I found myself referring to everyone who hurt me and everyone who stood by my side, everyone who left and everyone who believed in me as books.

Books that have been written by the very same author. An author who exerted real efforts to write these books down. Some of them were flawless and others were nothing but an epic fail. Some of them were left incomplete, undefined and inexpressive. Some of them were perfectly planned for and some just weren't. Some of them were written due to the author's desire to write them and others were written because people've forced him to. Books that have numerous stories, characters and places. Books that are full of emotions and lessons learnt the hard way. Books whose main character was the author. The author is me.

What about you? Have you tried to draw your soul?

And figure out what has affected your personality as a whole? 

And understand how everything however small,

Has contributed in building your heart's inner wall?