Know thyself!
By: Mutassem AL Sharji
Karate Coach
It’s amazing to see how most of us live our lives on a daily basis spending
6 to 12 hours doing all sorts of activities from; school assignments, work
tasks, social gatherings, entertainment…etc, without spending ten minutes, at least,
trying to know ourselves better and asking questions like;
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What
special potentials do I have?
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What
do I really want to achieve in this life?
Beyond the external influences of family and society, that are not necessarily
true all the time, we need to look within ourselves to find out these answers.
It's worth mentioning that as a basic law for the game of life, those who have
an agenda will always rule the game! As a consequence, if you don’t have an
agenda for your life you'll automatically be in someone else’s agenda doing
what you're “supposed to do” according to others' desires!
Setting an agenda isn't that easy. In specific, setting an agenda
that's true to you and not because of some imposed ideals set by family,
society or media is much more difficult. Nevertheless, it is the first step
towards self-mastery. As the Chinese proverb states;
"Knowing others is a great. Knowing yourself is mastery"
-Know yourself and Start living.
-Shut out the outside noise and external influences and listen to
the inner voice!
-Try spending at least 10-20 minutes in a quiet atmosphere figuring
out who you really are and what you want to achieve in life. Make that a daily
habit, as really 20 minutes is nothing in comparison to the time we waste daily
on Facebook, never ending threads of YouTube videos or Blackberry messaging
(although I don't own one!J).
You'd be amazed by your answers, as our minds are so clustered with
unquestioned ideals of how we're supposed to be according to outside
authorities.
-Never get scared of the answers you get and most importantly; have
the courage to follow your true self and keep in mind what Socrates has said;
"The unexamined life is not worth living"
Know yourself first, be genuinely who you really are and then you’d
honorably have Love for yourself.
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