I believe everything in life boils down to that question. I believe everything we think and do and say and believe comes out of one thing and one thing alone... Identity.
Who are you?
What defines you?
Where does your power come from? (Do you even know you have power?)
Temet Nosce
Know Thyself.
Ask yourself this: Generally, what makes you feel most elated? Ecstatic? Joyful? Powerful? Now what makes you feel the most downtrodden? Stepped on? Deflated? Used?
Is it the same thing? Does it come from the same origin?
To use myself as an example (and to throw myself under the buss a bit here), I would say that my answer to the first question is simple: It's my interaction with people. I love it when people love me. People generally love me so this is something I've come to expect and delight in. However, on the opposite hand, when people don't take to me right away... or when they use me or discard me... that is the most crushing thing for me. That makes my world spin right out of control.
I give people control over me. I let them define me.
Who or what defines you?
Do they deserve that control?
Do you need to take it back?
No they don't. And yes. Yes you do.
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