IDENTITY

It has been said
(By whom, I don't know, but it's too good to let pass by -----)

Identity starts
With an Opinion
Opposed.

Isn't that good?

Who-we-think-we-are
Is the result of a negative reaction
("I'm NOT that!")
To a limited idea about our self.

Watch teenagers;
They develop an identity for themselves
Less out of what they're for,
And more as a reaction to what they're against.
And there's plenty of that buzzing around at the time!
We all did the same.

Our contrary ideas --
The ones we attach to --
The ones we I-dentify with --
Are just as false and limited
And limiting
As the phony perceptions from which they arose.
But do we replace our ideas about ourselves,
Even when they no longer work for us?

Nope.

We hang onto our Identities for dear life.
We fight for them,
And will even die for them,
Or because of them.

Here's a bottom line....

• We can only live up to our self-image;
• Our self-image is limited;
• We live limited lives.

If you want more in your life,
Give up glaring at life,
Life is abundant..........
Look, instead, at your self image.
I mean, don't just glance at it;
Really look.
And get honest in your looking.

(You'll need a mirror or two, or three.....
You know the mirrors I mean.
Yes, those people around you,
Especially the ones you don't feel comfortable
Spending a lot of time with).
Mirrors reflect back to you
Things about you
That you cannot otherwise see.

It's ironic, isn't it? --
We spend endless hours wishing others were more like "Me",
When they actually are!
It's our self image, the way we "see" our self,
Our "Me", our Identity
That is out of whack.
Thank God the remedy is close at hand.