Who am I?

Person: Tiny you are a chameleon!

I laughed at this outburst, especially because this same person had declared that they knew me more than I knew myself a couple of weeks before- now they are claiming that I just blend in and there is a demand to show my true self.

So I decided to ask myself Tiny who are you?

Who am I? I am daddy’s Angelina, I am my father’s child, I am my mother’s favourite child (yes I said it, sticking my tongue out at my siblings), I am my son’s mother. All accurate but the problem with that is that all that relates to my relationship with other people- so who am I independent of these people?

Sigh! The starting point, I think is this- I loathe the idea of people, anyone, stating that they have me all figured out! I see that always as a challenge to confuse the maker of such statement! Why!?! Just one of those things…

So seriously who am I?

Well I am a lady, who can be very friendly, quite intelligent, witty, loyal and very reserved.

To be honest for a long time who I am has been determined by what is expected of me. So to those who expect me to be a quiet docile person I am most of the time. To those who expect me to be superwoman, unfeeling, I am.

BUT I have reached that stage in my life where pretending to be something I am not fully all the time just won’t do anymore.

So who am I? By now you should have figured out that I do not intend to answer that question fully- who I am is for me to know and for all those around me to accept, good and bad….

I will tell you this though, yes, I am a chameleon and I will always adapt my personality to suit the people I am dealing with.

I know who I am, so no one can tell me I’m stupid or try to boss me around (well aside from my Boobooboo, my prime minister, my bosses, my pastor erm  – I’m sure you get the point (covers face)).

I know and accept who I am, so if someone tries to insult me because of who I am, I just laugh.

Let’s turn to you- Who are you?

What are your principal personal values? Basically, rhetoric (bull shite) aside, what are the things you believe are important to the way you live your life. This involves silencing all other thoughts, distinguishing and recognising which thoughts are genuinely yours.

If you don’t know who you are already it is important that you find or discover that person because a step to achieving your purpose or feeling fulfilled in whatever you choose to do is to really know who you are. If you know who you are and embrace that person, no one can ever discourage you on your way up.