Who am I? What are my likes? What are my dislikes? Who are my friends…wait who are my true friends? What is my purpose or significance in life? Who do I aspire to be like…does anyone aspire to be like me? Am I on the correct path to self-actualization-to arriving at my potential and obtaining true happiness?
When these questions go unanswered it leaves a hole in the being of an individual. These formative questions lead us down a path to discover who we are and what we want to do with our lives. If in fact the first of these questions is not answered “Who am I” it will skew all other answers.
These are questions that you and I have to work through on an ongoing basis. This is called identity searching. We are searching for our place-how we fit- in this world. Often time people ignore this search because they are terrified of the answers that might come. In the next three post we will uncover how to find your true identity because if this question “Who am I” goes unanswered any longer it will have astronomical effects on society.
Did you know that the 2 leading causes of death in college age people-people YOUR AGE is Homicide and Suicide. This statistic shows us that there is a hatred of other people running rampant in our society and it’s built on the sole foundation of hatred of self. It also shows that we don’t love others and we don’t love ourselves.
When we try to answer the questions above before answering the question: Whose am I we will be unfulfilled by any answer we come up with. Darwinian thought has conditioned us to think of self-preservation above all else. Darwin taught the survival of the fittest. When we approach our identity search with this basis then the end result will be hatred.
We will never be good enough-evolved enough-smart enough-look the way we want. Someone will always one up us and this hatred of self will be unleashed by a hatred for others. Self-preservation will tell us to connect with people of like traits and weakness’ and to lash out at those who are seemingly stronger and weaker than we are.
This attitude does not leave the world a better place. It is with this attitude that on college campuses: drugs, drinking, STI, domestic abuse and peer to peer terrorism are at an all time high. In order for these to be stopped we need to look deep within on an individual basis and answer 3 questions: Whose am I, Who am I, Who is my neighbor. If we go through life ignoring these questions we will never truly grasp our purpose and significance for life. We will never truly unconditionally love others or follow hard after God. The loveless world we live in will on continue to get worse. Ask yourself this question, How can I love my neighbor if I don’t even Love myself?