Triumphantly and anti-grammatically supreme I'll speak of 'am-ing myself'. I'll have stated a philosophy in just two words. - Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
This is the time of the year when
people are too busy for anything other than are-ing themselves. All
dreams of being someone else are put aside for the moment, and the
price of being oneself must be paid before any new purchases made. We
aren't are-ing ourselves; we are merely ourselves. Let us be
ourselves then, so that we may better are ourselves when the time
comes.