19/02/2021
ROLE (I am this) vs IDENTITY (I am)
Identity is who we are, while a role is just what we do. Let’s pause for a moment to think about the problems we may have when we are not separating who we are from what we do. On any given day when we perform well in our role, we feel great about ourselves, and when we do worse in our role, we feel worse about yourself. All your good feels (JUJU) are performance based.
The greatest and most important adventure of our lives is that of separating ourselves from our roles and discovering who we really are. To many it may sound self indulgent, but it is actually an unselfish process that is at the root of everything we do in life. To be a valuable person to the world around us and play our roles as mothers, daughters, employees, healers, to the best of our abilities, we have to first know who we are and the purpose we bring to the world.
Reconnecting with our true identity is a deeply immersive process, which involves breaking down what was, shedding layers that do not serve us, while reflecting on who we really are and recognising who we want to be. Whatever that may be. It’s a matter of separating our value from any external outcome and recognising our personal power, while being open and vulnerable to our experiences.
It is a process which helps us chant and affirm “My value as a human is never under question”
