WHO AM I?
Have you ever asked yourself this question?
If you do ask, the first 2 words in your answer are the most powerful. And that is, "I AM" !!! The words that come after become a manifestation of who we will become whether its true in the moment of the question or not. If we believe its true, it will become who we are. It can be positive, or extremely negative. Guard your thoughts.
Often times, who we think we are, is based on other peoples opinions of us. If we listen to or feel their opinion is important, we believe to some extent that their perception is a fact and not just an opinion. So more often who we think we are is really us thinking who we are is in the way that we think other people see us. This is unfortunate because our true self gets lost inside. Confused and trying to be something we are not because someone else thinks its good, or not being something we do want just because others think its bad.
In order to truly know who we are, we need to go deep inside ourselves and ask all the important questions. Like, "What makes me happy?" , "What type of things build interest?" , "Am I passionate about this?" And any other question that gets to the bottom of who we are, not through other peoples opinions.
Say what you think, tell people how you feel. Surpressing who we are or holding back feelings because we are afraid of what others may say or think just makes our life difficult because it takes away all our options and takes us further away from our own joy and happiness. Not that we need to be an ass about it. We just need to maintain some self respect without being disrespectful to others.
The real truth is. We are not who or what we think we are, nor are we who or what other people think we are. But we "BECOME" who "WE" think we are. And that doesn't matter if the thought originates from us or is implanted by others. We will become who we think we are.
Our true self gets lost inside. Our true self gets buried beneath all the extra weight of external opinion. We receive it as fact, but our true self knows better. So it keeps fighting for us from within. This creates so much conflict with our emotional state and is the primary reason a person becomes emotionally unstable. I learned this through my work with horses. You can't tell them they are something they are not without getting an emotional outburst of some kind. They need to voice their opinion and we need to hear it. This is the same for us. We need to be who we are or we won't find peace and happiness.
So if you have read this all the way through. I would encourage you to go deep within yourself, into your heart and find out what it truly beats for. Find those answers and think only those thoughts so you can be your TRUE SELF and live a joyful and meaningful life.
Thanks reading.
