WHO AM I? Finding yourself in a crowd of people
Who are you? Have you ever felt like you have lost yourself? You don’t smile that often anymore. You keep asking yourself what your purpose in life is. It feels like you get in the middle of a crowd of strangers. However, even when you can’t find yourself.
So, you find it hard to escape from that crowd. People are born without their will, without the right to choose their names. Babies are born as strangers in this world. Until their parents call them by their names. One of those babies is you. But, then again, who are you?
WHO AM I? Finding yourself in a crowd of people
How did you lose yourself?
Do you remember when you were a kid? Then, someone asked, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Then, you immediately know what to reply to the question. As you grow up, you start to question yourself about who you really are, what you really want to do, and when you will be in ten years. Together with life problems and life traumas, these questions inside your mind might be the start to losing yourself.
The desire to escape reality might be one of the reasons you lose yourself. When you start to lose interest in your hobbies and when you start to ignore the things you love, you start to lose yourself. Then, you find it hard to know yourself again. This is when the feeling of getting stuck in the middle of a crowd of strangers kicks in. Not even knowing how to get out, you become more afraid to be you.
Take your time to gather courage and you will eventually find yourself.
If you are in the state of feeling lost, do not panic. Do not blame yourself. Take your time to find your passion again. Find new hobbies or start to pick up your old hobbies again, find new things to love, and find who you really are.
Get to know more people with different personalities. By then, you might start to know yourself again or find a new upgraded version of yourself. You might be surprised to know that you are now more patient and more understanding. Or you might find what you really like and not. You start to express yourself more. You are starting to find yourself again.
However, you might be one of those people who are uncomfortable getting out of their comfort zones- afraid to try new things, to meet new people. It is alright. Take your time to gather courage.
It takes time to gather the courage to find out who you really are after losing yourself. So do not rush. Look at yourself in the mirror. What do you see? Who do you see? It might still be a stranger to one’s self but has hope and who takes time to gather the courage to take a step to know themselves.
Be yourself.
Finding yourself is one of your purposes in life. You need to know who you really are to continue living in this world full of strangers. Be yourself and believe in yourself.
In this world full of strangers, be strange. Be the one who knows one’s self. Be the true you. Do not be a stranger to your body, to yourself. It is okay to feel like you are in a crowd of strangers, who are lost but make sure you know yourself. Make sure you find yourself amongst the crowd.
You must be the one who has a courageous answer to the very first question of this article: who are you?
