Knowing My Personal Identity

I am writing this article as much to me as to everyuone else. An Identity is very personal. For you to relate to what I am writing, reading “I” and “my” should make it more personal. We each have a developed identity. It comes in three parts:

1. My Identity to strangers
2. My Identity to those close to me, usually family and co-workers, and close friends.
3. My Identity to myself.

I can have influence on the first two, but I only have control over my personal identity. “I am” starts most identifications of myself. I need to be careful with how that sentence is completed. I Am refers to deity, so I need to be careful on how I refer to myself in that sentence.

My subconscious will go with whatever I say to myself. Unfortunately, it knows when I am lying to myself. I need to believe what I say to myself. For example, I I say “I will succeed in my business and help many people with their health.” If I truly believe this statement, I will reach my goal. If I have any doubt, I will not meet my goal. It is up to me to personalize this belif until it comes true. I am my own worst saboteur. It is like the final scene in
Somewhere in Time” where a simple coin brings back an unwanted “reality.”

The way to succeed is to be consistently in motion doing what is needed to achieve my goals. I must never stop believing I will succeed. The trap is when I start saying “Why me” and start feeling sorry for myself. I need to change that to “What now.” When I do feel sorry for myself, I look how others overcame obstacles in life. I am the author of my own life and do something to move myself closer to my goal. That is easiest when I have created a road map to where I want to be. I need to plan, do, and then reevaluate before I revise my plans and “do” again. This requires Grit, but it can be done.