Who are you? I’m serious. Who are you?
Have you ever stopped to ask yourself this question? I don’t mean, what do people think of you, what your job is, what you like to do in your free time, or have you never thought of this before? Have you never sat down alone, nobody around, no TV, no Radio, no Internet, no books.
Just you, with yourself, alone.
Does it sound scary to you? Are you afraid of what you might hear yourself say? Are you afraid that your past failures will arise and make you cry, or how you’ve treated people in your life, your financial situation, weight issues?
What if I told you that your life will never change until the day you die unless you do spend some time alone with yourself, what would you do? Would you be willing to give it a try?
GOOD! Lets get started.
Years ago I had to ask myself this question as well. People would ask me who I am and I would say, “Oh, I’m a Graphic Designer” or “I’m a Mountain Biker”. Once I realized the labels I was putting on myself it occurred to me that I was limiting who I really was. Labeling ourselves is ‘safe’. We will usually refer to who we are by the job that we have, or the family that we are in. When I started labeling myself as, The Singer, it was scary. It mean’t that I had to prove it. It mean’t that I had to be accountable for it. Now I know what you’re saying, “Dave, you just limited yourself by labeling yourself as a singer.” Ah, yes, you are right…. that is why I eventually changed it to ‘Singer / Reiki Master / Human ‘Be’ing’. Still somewhat limiting, in a way, yes, but now I label myself to who I aspire to be. See the difference? I won’t go too far into depth with this but, while in Summit Education years ago we made contracts of who we were. My contract was, “I am an Intimate, Passionate and Powerful Man”. I still have this contract to this day. It’s written on a huge piece of paper in black magic marker. This is my personal contract though… its one I remind myself of daily. My other contract (Singer / Reiki Master / Human ‘Be’ing) is my public contract.
By labeling yourself to who you’ve been, there is no growth. By labeling yourself to who you truly wish to be and what makes your soul smile, you are telling the Universe that you are ready for abundance. You are ready to give of yourself. Your true nature. Don’t say, “Someday I want to be…” or “I want to be…”. What you are doing then is telling the Universe exactly that. Think of the Universe as a Genie in a bottle. You say, “Someday I want to be…” and the Genie pops out of the bottle and says to you, “Your wish is my command! Someday you will want to be…”. You’re saying, “Wait.. no… I want to be NOW.” Well, you didn’t ask that did you? If you want it NOW then you need to say so. So change the ‘I want to be’s’ to ‘I AM’.
What if you don’t know who you really are?
This is a commonly asked question. To find out who you truly are take a piece of paper and try on a few hats. Write down different phrases of who you think you are and then eventually you’ll come to one that makes you smile. One that makes you grin from ear to ear. One that makes you cringe as well. Remember what I said about it being scary? It will be. It will be because that is when you will finally have to be accountable for yourself. Once you find the phrase, meditate on it. Give it a day or two to see how you feel with it. If it just isn’t hitting home, try another one. Once you find the one that makes your soul sing you’ll know that is the one. And then, if you dare…
Tell the world who you really are!
I Am…….
Peace,
David
