Saturday, February 25, 2012

How can I Be True to Myself?

About two years a go when my youngest child started full time school, the overwhelming question for me became "what are you going to do now?" Having no answer for myself or anyone else  I set out to discover what was next for me and have yet to find the answer in an Oprah "ah ha moment"! I thought if I just could answer the question "Who am I?", then that answer would lead to what I should do next as a person in her mid-thirties who had to choose a new direction.

We have  been given or read the advice "Be true to yourself." at one time or another. What does it really mean? And how can I be true to myself if I don't know who I am to begin with?

Since then,I have read myriad of books from various authors in an assortment of disciplines and philosophies from Dr. Phils' Self Matters to Rhonda Byrne's The Secret to Eckhart Tolle's Power of Now, to Finding your own North Star by Martha Beck amid dozens of others over the past two years. I still do not know how to be true to myself. Or have I been true to myself all along and it just hasn't given me the results I was expecting. Does being true to yourself necessarily bring you success or confidence or self assurance at all? Or does it just make you unpopular with family members who have a different idea of who you should be?

As you can see, I have many more QUESTIONS than ANSWERS. And although some may have a problem with this- including me- I think that's how it probably is for most people. We just don't have all the answers. Let me know if I am wrong. If you have them then show them to ME!

For me this blog is a way to break my writers' block and maybe be able to figure out one or two answers to life's questions through my writing or feedback about it. So here goes the experiment...
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4 comments:

  1. Lilac AvonleaFebruary 28, 2012 at 10:04 AM

    excellent introduction! You are a wonderful writer.

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    1. stamanzeMarch 1, 2012 at 9:48 AM

      Thanks Ms.A- I appreciate the encouragement...You are a great inspiration with your fantastic blogs!

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  2. Scentsy repMarch 1, 2012 at 7:07 AM

    I wouldn't say being true to yourself would bring success. I think being true to yourself is about more of self preservation. People tend to worry a lot about what others think and how others would react. I think being true to ones self helps u look past other peoples opinions and lets you make your own decisions.

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    1. stamanzeMarch 1, 2012 at 10:03 AM

      Hi Sentsy rep,
      Thanks for reading my blog and responding. I totally agree with you that being true to Yourself is about self preservation- on so many levels- including your sanity, and (that overused word) self esteem. I think the hardest obstacle for me now is bringing the pie in the sky vision of my hopes down to the level of practicality. Would you say that your deciding to represent Scentsy was a decision based on being true to yourself or practicality or both?

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