Identity Crisis: Part 2

Some of the world’s greatest architects might suggest that the greatest prisons are those that have been built of cast Iron, reinforcement and concrete. However, I’m going to suggest that the most enslaving prison man can be kept in — is the prison of his own mind, the prison of his beliefs, the limitations of his thinking, and the nature of his own relative subjectivity. The mind can be humanities own worst enemy with it’s self defeating conversations with itself alongside its limited understanding of how we can most effectively pursue the things that we want most in life. There was an ancient Greek Philosopher called Plato, who over 1500 years ago made an interesting statement in one of the things that we can often value the most in life …. our opinions! You can become as successful in the eyes of society as you like, however if you commit to travelling down this road — don’t expect to experience the depth of FREEDOM, PEACE and JOY that you TRULY hope for in life as societies rules won’t give your life meaning, purpose, lasting happiness, or a real sense of personal success. Now I’m no mathematician, but to close I wanted to offer you two different equations. One of which you’ll already be living by, and only one of them will set you free to be truly successful … a) What I do + How well I do what I do = Who I am, or: b) Who I am + How I am who I am = What I do One of these equations will keep you in the prison of ‘not being good enough yet’, and the other will allow you to live a full, vibrant, exciting and fulfilling life of purpose. My friends, the choice is yours!