Identity.

I believe we carry three identities. Only one of them is our true self.

Self-Identity. For better or worse, we are hearing a lot lately about self-identity. We all have a belief about who and what we are. It is shaped by experience and what others tell us. To some degree—more or less—this self is false.

The Façade. Then there is that self who we think we are supposed to be. This, too, is likely false.

Purpose. Lastly, there is who we are intended to be. This, I believe, is the person who circumstance is revealing. This is the person who Self-Identity believes it is and who the Façade denies.

We live in our Self-Identity which can hold us back or lead us in the wrong direction—or it can pursue our Purpose. It is a choice we make that can leave us stifled by regrets or fulfilled with gratitude.

I write about growth and well-centered fitness not because I am there but because it is where I know I need to go. If ever it might appear that I have my “stuff” together, it is because I don’t. Far from it. I have found that in focusing on a Spiritual, Physical, Intellectual, Emotional, and Social balance (i.e., “well-centered fitness”) Purpose reveals itself—as do the falsehoods that have shaped my Façade.

We can listen to the voice of the Façade and believe we are someone we are not, or we can listen to the voice of Purpose—of truth—and follow our right path. It is easier to listen to the Façade than to Purpose. It is easier to claim be the victim or to claim our privilege than to admit that our past—for worse or for better—is what has brought us to this very moment. It is no easy thing to accept our past with no regrets, accept responsibility, and move in the direction of Purpose. Instead, we allow the Façade to lead us down a wrong path.

I can’t say I have stayed to Purpose’s path. I can’t say I know who I am intended to be. I can say that I have no regrets. My experiences do not speak to who I think I am. They speak to who I am supposed to be.

Be your best today; be better for others.

Carpe momento!

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