Losing Our Sense of Self

When you take away all of the major things in your life, do you know who you are? I’m talking you take away your possessions, children, job status, socioeconomic status, do you have a sense of yourself?  A lot of us don’t. We’re attached to what we buy, our favorite sports teams, favorite TV shows, and a myriad of other things. 

We’ve all lost a sense of self and who we are because of social programming of the world. We lack our critical thinking skills, we don’t investigate things, we’ve become lazy in a lot of things we do, social media controls every component of our lives. 

Our identities are somehow given to us from the moment we’re born. We’re molded and shaped into what the world wants us to be. We’re told who to be, what to be, how to be. We’re prevented from self-expression, creativity, using our voice to change the world in a positive light.  

So I want you to take sometime out of your convoluted, noisy day and think about who you are. What is your purpose in life? How are you impacting and changing the world in a positive way? Are you controlling your own life and narrative or is the world controlling your life? 

All of the questions I want you to think about and answer for yourself. Let’s get back to being true to who we are before the internet and technology took over and infiltrated our lives.  

Thanks for reading, be good and go accomplish your goals!

Jamell Crouthers

Aquarianmind