A man who is yet to discover himself is most likely to be tossed to and fro and follow whatever direction he is led to as far as it feels comfortable and right.
One of the greatest achievement in life is self actualization. Knowing oneself keeps you focused and on track.
A times, people tend to attach themselves to people with the hope to find themselves through them and do exploits. There is nothing wrong in having people who can support you in discovering who you are but depending totally on them to validate you and show you the path to follow is risky because, they might lead you to where they feel is good for you whilst it is not.
KNOWING ONESELF STARTS FROM WITHIN AND NOT WITHOUT
When you are able to communicate with yourself to know your strengths and weaknesses; taking responsibility for your life and actions will be easier because, you will be more careful with whatever you do. You will also learn to find peace from within rather than bank on humans or external forces to do that. To a large extent finding peace from within, influences how the external forces react to us and work hand in hand to ensure we get what we need.
When you begin to understand who you are, you won't have to let just anybody into your space, neither would you give listening ears to any advice flying in the air because you have done your homework and still doing your inner work to be firm.
Knowing oneself would help you create an ideal lifestyle that will not be detrimental to your health or peace of mind. It will also enable you to create boundaries and establish a perspective on how you see life.
In today's world, there are a lot of opinions and perspectives that if you are not strong enough, you will accept everything that passes by. But this will not be the case of someone who has done their assignment because, not everything would go for them, they select what is good for them and discard what is not.
TAKE TIME OUT FOR YOUR QUIET TIME
No matter how busy our schedule is, never overlook your quiet time. We need to create time for self examination and refuel our energy on what our beliefs are.
A times, due to the nature of our jobs, we ignore the fact that we need to commit some time to ourselves no matter what. This will help us to be more productive in our place of work.
To a large extent, this period of lockdown is a good opportunity for sober reflection, to reconnect with ourselves, rediscover who we are, who we use to be and who we ought to be. Use this time wisely. Thanks for the read.