Finding Yourself
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Remember when it became a cliche for one to say: I’m just trying to find myself.
It begins in childhood when we are full of curiosity about everything and everyone. It begins in our childhood explorations of self, life, people, and the world in which we live.
So many questions! And one day, we realize that we are not the center of the universe, but that we are indeed an integral part of the scheme of things.
However cliche the expression may be, it still applies to many of us, and it will apply off and on throughout our lives. Try to imagine finding yourself, your place on the planet, only once in a lifetime. Life changes, and so do we. Whatever you found in your 20s will no longer fully apply in your 40s, or 50s, or any other particular age.
We can, however, define our core values. They are those things, once discovered, that we realize were somewhere just left of center, lying within us, at birth. They are only waiting for us to discover them.
The secret of who you are does not lie outside of yourself, but it is snuggled deep within you. Begin your efforts to find yourself and your purpose on the inside. And then you have your foundation, your core essence, and it is that on which you base decisions the rest of your life.
To begin finding yourself, use today as a new starting point. Get quiet and be with yourself alone at some point each day, just to hear your own voice and observe your own thoughts. Let them come at random and without force. Look them over. Learn what they can tell you about your present self. Jot them down, if you wish, as a way to reinforce what you learn about yourself each day.
Are you at one of life’s tipping points today? Are you able to get alone with yourself each day to rediscover who you are now? Or who you wish to become?
Karen Chaffee 2009
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