The Importance Of Knowing Who You Are.
What does an identity mean to you?
Identity:”The condition of being oneself or itself, and not another.
Knowing who you are and why you were made should be everybody automate goal in life . Finding your identity can be a life changing experience. Within your identity you will get to know what you like and what you don’t like. It gives you the ability to pick and choose the people you want to be around , the places you allow yourself to be, and what you want to do for a living. Your identity should surely open your eyes and show you what you are capable of. A lot of people struggle with knowing who they are, because all their lives they been told who they are and what they can do and can’t do. They involve themselves with people who are unsure of themselves and they tend to not provide you with any help because they are lost as well. Knowing who you are can give you the courage to be different from those around you and still be happy with the person you are or destined to become.In the following paragraphs you will be able to discover whether you know yourself or not.
1.You Believe What Others Say About You.
Have someone ever made bad a comment on your appearance and you automatically accepted what they said about you ?
When you are having an identity crises, you tend to believe peoples opinions over your own. For example, lets just say you grew up in a toxic and dysfunctional home. Constantly you were being told that you are useless and that you are a nobody. As you grew up, you removed yourself from that environment and tried to better yourself. As you try to do so you came across the fact you had doubts within yourself , you tend to not accomplish any goals you set for yourself. The reason why you keep falling short is because the words that were spoken into your life while you were growing up has became part of your blue print. You have inlined yourself with what was spoken over your life and you have accepted them. Well that’s because What people say about you can impact you big time rather it’s positive or negative. My number one source talks about how powerful the things we say about ourselves and others. Proverbs 18:21” Death and life are in the power of the tongue”.
2. You Don’t Understand Why You Do The Things You Do.
As you are trying to evolve it’s always important to know the things that triggers your and make you into the person you no longer want to be.
You might know someone or you have had an experience where you were around certain people and you noticed every time you were around them, they brought a different side of you. Well that because you haven’t gotten to the point where you truly know who you are and being proud of who you are. You don’t know who you are if you have to question why you do the things you do whenever you are around other people. I have gotten to the point where I know who to hang out with and who to not because I feel the pressure of becoming the person I don’t want to be. Since I know who I’am and what I can allow into my life has helped me a lot.
3. You Have Low Self-Esteem!
Having low resilience can indicate that you haven’t gotten to the point where you truly know yourself. If you tend to not believe in yourself and doubting yourself then it will stop you from evolving into the person you are suppose to be. People who know who they are don’t lack any confidents. Whenever they do, they have a way of bringing back the confident that’s within themselves. They know what they want and they are very aware of themselves.
4.You Look For Answers Outside Yourself.
Whenever you are trying to make a major decision in your life that might be out of your comfort zone you tend to not believe in yourself. So you start searching else where for confirmation or for somebody else to have a second oppinion about the decision you are about to make. People who know themselves they know what they want. When they make a decision they have thought it through and they are sure of what they are wanting to do.
Most of the time I used to seek for other peoples approver whenever I made a decision. Every decision I made revolved around what other would think of me whenever I take the path I was thinking of taking.
5.You Feel Lost And You Don’t Know What You Want.
Whenever you hit rock bottom in life and you have no idea what you should do next. You have no sense of direction of the next step that you need to take in life. You feel like you don’t have a purpose in life or you don’t have a reason for living any more.
Those who know themselves know their values in life. They have their philosophy of life down in their heart and they know their desires in life.
Lastly
Knowing who you are is a lifelong journey, it can take years in order for you to know your true authentic self. If you are currently struggling with finding your purpose in life ,finding who you are will help you to find your purpose in life. Your identity is attached to your life purpose.
