"Who am I?"

With the new year comes new ideas, new beginnings & possibly new challenges. For some of us we find ourselves standing & asking the infamous questions why,what,when,where,how & who. Why do I have to go through this? What am I supposed to learn from it? When will it end? Where is it suppose to take me? How will I get there & who am I when it is done? It is from the life experience that we learn the answers to all of these questions.

Psychologist Abraham Maslow said "it isn't normal to know what we want". And this is true for understanding why we go through all that we go through in life. I believe we stumble through life hoping for the best while doing our best & this is how we find what we truly desire. Opening & allowing ourselves to receive the lessons while on this journey. Life can be complicated, but happiness is really pretty simple.

We must surrender to our old ideas, wisely accommodating ourselves to what is beyond our control. Let go, acknowledge & embrace change. Its choice, not chance that determines our destiny. When we make a choice to surrender & embrace the change it is the that we are open for good things to come. I try to view everything that happens in my life; good bad or indifferent as a teachable moment. Sometimes in the winds of change is when we find our true direction.

A friend was sharing with me a story about her encounter with a hawk in a parking lot & how she stopped to carry on a conversation with this hawk. Strange as it may sound when someone researched what such an encounter may have meant, they found that a hawk is called a messenger, protector & visionary. A hawk comes to you indicating an awakening to your soul purpose, your reason for being there. It can teach you how to fly high while keeping yourself connected to the ground. Such as when we choose to surrender our ideas of how we thing things should be. The hawk teaches you to be observant & take a close look at your surroundings. Asking the infamous questions of why,what,when,where,how & who?! Getting a larger perspective on things, growing a keen eyesight allowing yourself to see things more clearly. Which in turn allows you to be more open to giving & receiving the good things life has to offer.
As the hawk circles over the earth, let it remind us that as we go stumbling through life remember to keep our eyes keen on seeing the teachable moments. Surrender to the things we have no control over & view things from a higher perspective. Hold on to the power withing yourself to overcome difficult situations. Look for the lessons in all life experiences no matter how big or small.
Don't let the idea of who you want to be, define the person you are. And the next time you ask "Who am I?" remember the answer is perhaps this: the very person who keeps asking the question!