So many of us ignore even ridicule the importance of self-awareness. Some don't even know what it means. Let me start by saying explaining: Self: meaning you Awareness: to know, recognize, to be alerted. Is talking about the self that is you, what makes you be you, not what they tell you are by others, not labels, titles or physical description but the reality of your inner spirit, what you are made of.
For openers you are your beliefs guided by thoughts, external events, things that happened to you from birth till now, your intelligence not as the world sees it but as your creator gives it, moods are your emotional status, responses to your thoughts. Do you listen to your inner spirit? The part of you that lets you be you. Everyone is born with an inner spirit. Some are hyperactive, or lay back. Ask a mother to be how the child within her is acting or non-acting. She will tell you. Every pregnancy is different and unique. A woman can have a pregnancy were the kid is so lay back she has to tap him/her to make sure is still alive while other kids are jumping, pushing their elbows under our ribs, kicking our the bladder as if they were dancing a merengue (a fast Spanish dance). Once the child is born we know what to expect. A kid that won't stand still or a lay back kid. But of course in today's society a hyper kid is drugged and cheated out of their God given spirit. Not to say that some kids do need medications but the majority is just an inconvenience to teachers and other who find them troublesome and distracting.
Now you see what you are: Are your easy going, fretful or worrisome? Or are you the type that needs an earthquake to move into action, you are so lay back ants have trouble getting around you. You are sort of a peace keeper. Do you have can do attitude, positivity, eager to learn and do, loving, helpful, a go get it kind of person? Or are you a war monger, always looking for strife, trouble, creating havoc where ever you go?
What are the symptoms of your thoughts: Negativity, hate, envy, jealousy, or maybe dread, hopelessness, worries never secure from within, perhaps your symptoms are the opposite like happy, can wait to get into action, always looking up, eager to do, the type of person most people love to be around for you are so contagious with your can do attitude, you look at the worlds with an immense appetite of delight. If we look at the full picture we will notice that all humans can be describe as a combination of all or as each separate of the three aspects or personality.
On the other hand it can go into extremes. For example: are you scared, angry, anxious, do you believe nothing good will ever come your way, nobody will ever love you, that you are a born looser? That is going to extreme. The other end is: Always denying facts about health, income, failing to recognize when to get on and when to get off the merry-go-around. Always looking for that pot of gold, that perfect love mate, the new horizon, new job, house, all fun and games, that is also extreme.
It is good to be emotionally, physically, spiritually, and mentally well balance. For that you need to do a self inventory. Challenge your thoughts. Recognize triggers which are things that drive you to anger, depression, self doubt, over spending, love hopping and so on. What are the things that irritate you, make you sad, give you the feeling of hopelessness. Are there in your mind all the time? Do you accept every negative thought as coming from you from withing or are you believing someone else views of description of you? How is your self motivation? Do you feel motivated to try different things or do you need to be pushed by others into trying? Do you like people? Do people like you? Do have goals for your future? Do you set up goals? Do you try to accomplish your goals or just drop them after an insignificant try?
How is your self talk? Is it full of do's and don't, should and shouldn't or is it full of I can? Are you tough skin, you know nothing can hurt me kind of mentality or are you thin skin, easy to be hurt, very sensitive. In these world of ours we need both kinds. One to fight for our freedom and our rights as people and the other to soothe the wounds of that fight.
Whose life pattern are you following? We all follow someone else life pattern till an extent: It can be our parents, teachers, lovers, employers, movie stars, politicians or who ever we have known in our lives or put on a pedestal.
I did at one time follow different life pattern but none of them made me feel worthy, loved, confident or accepted. All those life patterns after people made me feel I had to prove myself to it. I had to earn my keep sort of it. It was only when I picked up a Bible and started reading one day that I realized how mistaken I was to believe what others negative points of me where, that the only life pattern I should imitate, follow after or copy of Jesus Christ. He was the only one that looked up for my benefit, that was gentle and tender hearted towards me. He did not demand for me to love him, or accept him. He only showed me his great love and gave me confidence to be me. I was acceptable to him even though I did not know him at the time, nor love him, followed him or even spoke to him. To me he was something like a Santa Claus, everybody talks about him but he is living in a mystical far away land. I did not know that he kept his eye on me and watched me and helped me out of some heavy messes and took me out of the pit of despairs. How could I? All I have learned to believe from going to church was that he was the son of God. That was it. Nobody explained to me what that meant.
Later I learned about what his death on the cross was for, why he chose to died such a horrible way, and why. Once I learned all those things I found myself drawn to his perfect love. My hope for a loving and peaceful relationship with God gained promise. I became more positive about my life. I understood more about his created world and the people living in it. I began understanding the cause for the terrible experiences in my life and who was behind it all and why. Deliverance was my gift from him, acceptance was my step to life and inheritance is my destiny to his many promises and his assurance that when my life is over I will be with him in paradise.
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