Who Am I?
Change is the one thing that is always constant. This universal truth reverberates every day in my life. I realize that one moment might provide me with eternal joy while the next provides me with frustrations. Over the past few months going through new challenges and discoveries, I’ve had an opportunity to recreate myself. Little did I know that with these new life events I would have to completely redefine Who I Am.
A few weeks ago I was driving to the university to take my anatomy exam. In great anguish, I asked myself “why am I suffering so much? Surely, it is not over this exam. There is something deeper that I am missing.” I happened to turn on the radio at that moment and the lyric to the song that I heard was, “I do not know who I am.” That was the truth that quieted my ego.
It’s easy to lose ourselves with constant change. There may be level confusion, an anxiety, a tension that manifests throughout the day. There are days when I lose my books, my keys, and my food. So I have to question whether or not I am lost. Mind chatter seems to take over easily. Reality gets shuffled when work seems to be the only reality. I start to question my intentions, purpose, and lifestyle.
I realized that with constant change, my challenges allow me to grow spiritually, mentally and emotionally. With this opportunity, I have to break apart my perception of who I am and recreate a grander me. In this game called “Life,” in order to advance to higher levels of Consciousness, an awareness of “Who I am” is needed to experience my Self.
Perhaps, I will get to the stage where I no longer have to define myself. I will accept that “I Am.” A few days ago, in one of the yoga classes, I set an intention “to just be.” I was feeling seemingly exhausted before class, and instead of resisting that feeling, I allowed it to exist in wholeness. During the class, I could feel the blocks and the limits I had placed on myself throughout the day. I flowed through these blocks as I flowed with the movements. By the end of class, the energy and the power that I felt was joyful—which was another feeling that I allowed “to be.”
Who am I? I am Mind, Body, Spirit. I must nurture each part so that I may experience balance. Life gives me signs everyday--whether it’s on the radio or an encounter with a human being--that nudges me towards my true path. Are you listening to your signs? Who are you? I invite you to ask yourself these questions so that you may create a grander YOU!
With Love.