When The Earth Shakes, So do We
By Judith Parker Harris | January 20, 2010
Block: Who am I?
Buster: Decide to function in your most beneficial way and you will know.
How many times in a lifetime do we ask, “Who am I?” And, how many times do we get a different answer?
Still on the subject of overwhelm and focus, I submit the question to you once more as I examine it for myself.
At some point in our lives, whether through personal tragedy, loss, or a natural disaster such as the Haiti earthquake, we discover that it’s not what we have accumulated that defines us. It’s at that point that we talk about the relationships that define us. Who have we touched and who has touched us? Are we leaving a positive footprint? Are we giving more than taking? As hard as we work to nurture those relationships, however, and as invaluable as they are, we still face aloneness – we come in to this world alone and leave alone. So the answer to the question “Who am I” is yours alone to give to yourself alone.
To function in my most beneficial way I must function without ego and utilize my God-given talents that I have worked and studied very hard to develop in order to support myself and others. I must reach out with love not fear. I must trust that I am in the right place, doing the right thing at the right time with the right people and that will allow me to FOCUS. I must live in the present, let go of my past and resist my inherited habit of WORRYING about the future. I must be grateful every day. I must make connections every day to the people and the world around me.
Who am I? I am a woman reaching out every day to be a better person and to function in the most beneficial way! I am living in my creative and helping others to live in theirs. I am feeling the effects of the Haiti earthquake because we are all connected. My foundation shook, too. Now I will shake back with beneficial actions that answer who I am.
Please write back and tell me how you answer these questions and overcome the block of “Who am I?”
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January 21st, 2010 at 3:52 pm
“I must reach out with love not fear. I must trust that I am in the right place, doing the right thing at the right time with the right people and that will allow me to FOCUS. I must live in the present, let go of my past and resist my inherited habit of WORRYING about the future. I must be grateful every day. I must make connections every day to the people and the world around me.”
Congratulations on so succinctly voicing what I believe to be the only way to operate in what feel like perilous times. The question of “Who am I?” is a complex one. It has at least two aspects (internal and external): How do I see myself, and how do others see me? It is a composite of how we feel, what we like, our strengths and talents, what is revealed inwardly, how we affect others, and undoubtedly, more. I hope you will continue to explore this important topic.
All the best,
Donna