Friday 7 December 2012

Who we are.

These are times of change, rapid change, and many of us struggle to keep up. We change jobs, careers, partners and transition from being an athlete to having a career, or from having a career to retirement and so on. Through it all the subject of identity eventually has to come up. Who am I? Why am I here? What is my purpose in life?

 For these answers we most often look outwards to what we do in life, what we own and what we've become, according to what others expect of us. Unfortunately this method results in in a superficial and fleeting image of who we are and has no real meaning because it is only a mishmash of interpretations from people who are not you, and who only see you through the muddy waters of their own version of reality.
 The true you begins with your essence, your core, your soul....whatever you want to call it. It's what you are born with and it stays with you all of your life. It leads you to your calling and and it is your purpose in life. It's the energy within you that shows you the path to happiness and joy. If you listen carefully it tells you how to be, and everything else grows from that starting point. It's what you experience of yourself in those moments of solitude and silence when the rest of the world drifts away, you look inwards and you are left with nothing but yourself.
 We are not what we do or what we have. These are things that we use to express our inner "being" to the rest of the world. The more joyous and at ease we are with these expressions then probably the closer we are to sharing our true selves. Discover what makes you happy, what values hold the essence of your personal energy and let that be the guide that serves you as you travel life's many roads. If you can do that then you will surely find satisfaction and beauty in everything you do.