One of the aspects of my work I love so much is I continue to see and learn new ways of viewing situations I have seen hundreds, if not thousands, of times. Humans like to believe we are all so different but there are similarities in our desires even if the path to them is vastly different.
The question I hear the most is who am I? I hear this from the majority of my clients but also from my own inner voice. I've probably asked it millions of times by now. One, because I seek to know and two, because there is some feeling that when I know, then I can really start living. Well, I decided this week that there is a flaw in this question we are all asking. We have the words out of order.
What if....rather than asking who am I, we started stating, who I am?
Think about it. Doesn't it feel good to state who you are rather than ask who you are? Now, you may say, how am I supposed to do that, Vicki, if I don't know who I am? I'm glad you asked because that is where the fun is. When we ask who am I we are seeking external answers whether we ask it out loud or not. Some part of us is looking for someone else to tell us who the hell we are. Tell us our value, show us our worth and give us a darn map to this lifetime thing.
When we state who we are, we are doing it from a place of knowing rather than seeking. So, I will start and give you an example; (you are very brave to come into my mind with me.)
"Who am I? Am I a soul? Am I an intuitive, a coach, a belief specialist? A wife, a mother, a friend, a label to the outside world?" It is all very confusing because there isn't one answer to the one question.
However, when I decide to state who I am, it gets a bit more clear because I use the words I am.
- I am a soul within a person within this vast universe.
- I am funny. (I think I am anyway, so therefore, I must be!)
- I am intuitive and curious and smart.
- I am loving.
- I am learning to be the best me I can be on any given day.
Can you see how the energy changed there from a question with seemingly no answer to a statement of what I already have a knowing of? I can go from a place of feeling like not enough and confused or I can be in a feeling of pride, accomplishment and a little awe of all I have learned about me. I choose the later. I choose to see what I have already learned about me and build on that.
What about you? Does asking the question who am I give you heart palpitations? Does it make you want to avoid the question all together? I know I did for years because just when I thought I figured it out, something would change. It was frustrating at times.
What five things can you state about yourself right now? Don't worry about needing to tell others just yet. Observe them about you and get in the practice of seeing who you are today is just fine and build on that. It is really quite exhilarating to drop the less than drama and pick up the woo hoo, I rock, practice.
If this is challenging for you, be kind and take your time doing it. You could also join us for the Intro to Life's Toolbox Series. We will help you identify what it is about you that is amazing and how to create a plan and foundation with those tools while adding others. We will also laugh a lot.
Who I am is someone very grateful to have you with me on this journey!
Vicki
p.s. Don't make it work. This lifetime thing is meant to be fun!
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