Lion and the Sheep – Understanding Who You Are

Too often we take on the characteristics of our environment at the loss of whoever it is that we are. And sometimes we do that to the point that we become more of the environment than anything else. When that happens, and it happens far too frequently, we lose an authentic sense of self that is perpetually harder to reclaim. The cost of such a loss can be absolutely catastrophic.

We are far more than the compilation of our environments or who our environments tell us we are. We are more than the roles that we play, more than the scripts we’ve been assigned, more than the labels that have been affixed to us, and more than the many rumors say we are. Maybe we need to pull away from these sufficiently to see ourselves as who we are, not who we have been told we are.