Self-discovery
A journey for fulfillment
What is life without
purpose, without direction, without conviction(s) and without passion? Dry, I say
dear friends. One can only bring to mind the lives of all those who have
written their names in the annals of time in a positive way (and in the
negative as well), and in doing so, we are constantly brought to the
realization of one of the ways they were able to make their mark in history:
Self-discovery. Well, you may have heard this four-syllabled compound word a
million times before now but have you really taken an in-depth look into its
connotation in the lives of individuals. Or better still, in your life? Surfing
the internet and reading books on this particular element would only but
provide you with a vast and somewhat overwhelming repository of knowledge on
the issue. So in no ‘overwhelming’ fashion, I would like to give a quick and
direct opinion on it.
Before I say anything on the issue, I would
like to quickly point out that the world is replete with people with varied
philosophies and opinions and whatever I say may not necessarily be a generally
accepted idea—and I really don’t care all that much— but it is my opinion. We take a quick peek at what our dictionary
has to say about this word. According to wikitionary (an online dictionary),
self-discovery is “The learning of what kind of person one really is, or what
one really wants to do with one’s life”. This definition actually lends very
little space for explanation, for it is quite exhaustive and total in its
description for the word, and I take particular interest in the first part of
that statement: the learning of what kind of person one really is. The above
definition basically drives home two points: Acceptance and definition. I believe the most important aspect of
discovering oneself is the accepting of who one really is by design. Am not
talking about your physical looks, but your innate make-up, your personality.
It is very vital that as humans, we realise where we fall in God’s divine
blueprint. It is agreeable that one has to properly discover oneself to be
great and celebrated in life but I don’t think everyone has to be great and
celebrated in life— at least not in the context of popular acclaim. I know it
sounds like a shrewd statement to make but what do you think will be the outcome
if everyone in life were known to be that great? If everyone that ever lived
through time had been as celebrated as each other because of their so called
greatness, what would be the outcome? Exactly, there will be absolutely nothing
like great men or women. However, Haven’t you come in contact with someone
whose life so exalts near-perfection that
you are left with no choice other than making such your role model and
yet such individuals are known by very few. Or haven’t you once heard from a friend
talking about such a person. That is greatness too, just not in the conventional
way. The truth is, these individuals
must have come to the inevitable realisation of accepting who they really are
by design. At the other end of the
spectrum for our description for self-discovery is ‘Definition’. And to simply
put it, this is not about defining who you want to be at the end of the day by
modelling someone else’s personality or
design, no. this is about defining what you want to be by accepting who you
really are by design (what most playwrights
or novelists may call the third dimensions
of character ) .
Finally, the road
to self-discovery can be a very long, bumpy and sometimes overwhelming one. As
a matter of fact, I see it as a journey that could take some people their
lifetime to accomplish. Sadly some never even get to do so and are consequently
never fully aware of themselves till death, but a life that travels this road
to completion, especially at a young age, is definitely one that predicates
purpose, passion, conviction and true greatness — however small it may be.
MAZE
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