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She was three months pregnant when she packed up a suitcase, piled in her five children and drove to neighboring Jordan, not knowing what the future held for her and her family.	Она была на третьем месяце беременности, когда собрала чемоданы, схватила своих пятерых детей и переехала в соседнюю Иорданию, не зная, что будущее готовило для неё и для её семьи.
And about knowing that making the decision to stray from the norm does not define who we are, but it simply reveals who we are.	Важно понимать, что решение отклониться от существующей нормы не определяет нашу сущность, а просто показывает, каковы мы на самом деле.
In this entirely technically advanced world, I did not see a single AED anywhere, which was totally shocking — almost as shocking as not knowing what an AED is, which you guys do know.	В этом всецело технически продвинутом мире я нигде не увидел ни одного АВД, что меня совершенно поразило, почти как поражает незнание того, что такое АВД, но вы — то, люди, это знаете.
Imagine that you purchase a plot of land not knowing the mineral rights have been sold.	Представьте, что вы купили участок земли, не зная, что правá на разработку полезных ископаемых в этом районе проданы.
So we are born already knowing the social information, and that social information is not bad or good, it just prepares us for life, because we have to program our biology differently if we are in the high or the low social status.	Мы рождаемся, уже зная о своём социальном положении, и эти сведения не хорошие и не плохие, они просто готовят нас к жизни, потому что нам нужно по — разному программировать свою биологию в зависимости от того, какое у нас положение в обществе.
And if worst case scenarios do come to pass, we’ll have to learn to forgive ourselves for not knowing or for not asking the right questions or not finding the right treatment.	И если случится худшее, нам нужно будет научиться прощать самих себя за незнание или за не заданные вовремя вопросы, или за отсутсвие правильного лечения.
We face uncertainties like not knowing who we’re dealing with, not having visibility into a transaction and not having recourse if things go wrong.	Мы сталкиваемся с неопределённостью вида неизвестно, с кем заключаем сделку, неизвестно, как происходит обмен, неизвестно, как вернуть деньги, если что — то пойдёт не так.
So let’s take the first example, not knowing who we’re dealing with.	Рассмотрим первый пример: мы не знаем, с кем заключаем сделку.
Just try to imagine your favorite beverage company trying to plan their inventory and not knowing how many bottles were on the shelves.	Представьте: производитель вашего любимого напитка пытается провести инвентаризацию, не зная количества бутылок на полках.
Did he misrepresent his importance to the wrong people, or did the shooters deliberately take out Van Gelder, knowing or not knowing he was a Cathcart impersonator?	Или убийцы знали, что его место занял Ван Гельдер, и целили именно в самозванца?
How long he’d been struggling through the blinding wilderness he had no way of knowing , could not even guess.	Сколь долго пробивался он через слепящую массу снега, Руди не знал, не мог даже представить.
It led him to seek out his father after twenty years of not even knowing his name.	Босх начал разыскивать отца, хотя минуло двадцать лет, а Гарри не знал даже его имени.
It took courage to climb into that machine every night, not knowing … if I’d be the man in the box…	Требуется много мужества, чтобы каждый вечер влезать в машину, не зная… окажешься ли ты человеком в люке…
It took courage to climb into that machine every night, not knowing if I’d be the man in the box or in the prestige.	Требовалась смелость, чтобы входить в машину каждый вечер, даже не зная окажусь ли я человеком в ящике или престижем.
Men are going to die today attacking that merchant ship out there and they’ll die not knowing it was all based on a lie.	Люди умрут и сегодня атакуя этот торговый корабль, и умирать они будут не зная что всё это строится на лжи.
However, the Group was not prepared to object without knowing the true nature of the European Union’s request.	Однако Группа не готова выступить против этого, не зная подлинного характера просьбы Европейского союза.
And I’m just standing there, watching this scene with a complete disbelief, not knowing what to do.	Я стою и смотрю на все это, не веря своим глазам и не зная что делать.
Take comfort in knowing Lamar has not gone, but gone ahead to rest for eternity in the loving arms of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.	Утешьтесь тем, что Ламар не ушел, но пошел вперед, чтобы отдохнуть в течение вечности в любящих руках нашего Господа и Спасителя, Иисуса Христа.
Please take comfort in knowing that I will not rest until your names are cleared.	Пожалуйста поверьте — я не успокоюсь, пока не обелю ваши имена.
He expressed deep appreciation for the show of support by all countries, adding that all Haitians take comfort in knowing they are not alone.	Он выразил глубокую признательность всем странам за их поддержку, добавив, что гаитяне утешаются сознанием того, что они не брошены на произвол судьбы.
Well, I will certainly rest easier knowing that he’s not roaming around our neighborhood.	Что ж, мне будет гораздо легче при мысли, что он не бродит у нас в окрестностях.
It is not possible to live a whole life, opened out and satisfactory without knowing what one wants to do.	Не по возможности жить вся жизнь, раскрынная вне и удовлетворительная без знать одно хочет сделать.
Progress simply could not be judged without knowing the specific numbers involved in all areas affecting minorities.	Нельзя судить о прогрессе, не располагая конкретными статистическими данными о числе лиц, которые работают во всех областях, затрагивающих меньшинства.
I’m sorry, but not without knowing the species.	Простите, но не могу, пока не определю вид растения.
Not without knowing where Oliver is.	Не зная, где сейчас Оливер.
Not without knowing more — like why two such amazing women are not talking to each other.	Только в том случае, если узнаю, почему две такие удивительные женщины не разговаривают друг с другом.
But I’m not letting you leave here without knowing you’re okay.	Но я не позволю тебе оставаться здесь, пока не буду знать, что все хорошо.
Living in sin not just doing wrong, as I did when I went to America doing wrong, knowing it is wrong stopping it, forgetting it.	Называется одним коротким словом, одним плоским, убийственным словечком, которое покрывает целую жизнь.
Not without knowingly suborning more perjury.	Кодексу профессиональной ответственности, чтобы сознательно не подстрекать к еще большему лжесвидетельству.
Now, let’s just say that they’re down at that parade right now, not knowing that they’re about to be blown to bits by a couple of bombs.	А теперь допустим, что они сейчас прямо там, на том самом параде и не имеют ни малейшего понятия, что их сейчас разнесёт на кусочки парочкой бомб.
This agreement has been made knowing that specific cost effectiveness values are not immediately available.	Такое решение было принято исходя из того понимания, что на данный момент получить удельные показатели эффективности затрат невозможно.
When you stand so close to death, knowing that it will not touch you, you feel something special!	Когда стоишь так близко от смерти, твердо зная, что она тебя не коснется, испытываешь нечто особенное!
There’s a kid that went to bed last night knowing that his dad’s not coming home.	Вчера ребёнок лёг спать, зная, что его отец не вернётся домой.
My biggest mistake was not knowing You well enough.	Моя самая большая ошибка в том, что не недостаточно Тебя знал.
You know… even facing this difficult moment… not knowing what fate has in store…	Ты знаешь, в момент бедствий… не зная, что судьба приготовила нам…
As long as the downward influence is a war scare and not war, there is no way of knowing .	Поскольку понижательно действует страх перед войной, а не сама война, то знать правильный ответ не может никто.
Knowing that we’re not going to put fifty of these in our basements to store our power, we went to a group at University of Texas at Dallas, and we gave them this diagram.	Зная, что мы не собираемся ставить 50 таких штук в подвал для сохранения энергии, мы обратились к группе в Университете штата Техас в Далласе, и дали им вот эту диаграмму.
The science of knowing how a child will develop any gender identity is not very accurate.	Наука о том, как у ребенка разовьется какая — либо гендерная идентичность, не слишком точна.
As one prominent ethnic Russian blogger in Kazakhstan, Zhanna Ilyicheva, quipped, “people who don’t know Kazakh in Cyrillic are categorically against not knowing it in Latin.”	Как остроумно заметила проживающая в Казахстане этническая русская и блогер Жанна Ильичева, «люди, не знающие казахского языка на кириллице, категорически против того, чтобы не знать его на латинице».
With any trading strategy, knowing when not to enter the market is just as important as knowing when to do so.	Независимо от торговой стратегии, знать, когда нужно воздержаться от сделок, так же важно, как и знать, когда торговать.
In other words, not knowing is cognitively uncomfortable.	Иными словами, незнание создает когнитивный дискомфорт.
“Knowing the general state of the Soviet aviation industry at the time,” Grinberg says, “quality control throughout the entire MiG was not what you would expect in the west.”	«Исходя из состояния советской авиастроительной промышленности в то время, можно было предположить, что контроль качества за предприятиях МиГ уступал тому уровню, которых существовал на Западе», — отмечает Гринберг.
I saw people struggling to get by, not knowing what was what and what was next.	Я увидел бы людей, с трудом сводящих концы с концами не знающих, чего ждать от завтрашнего дня.
To send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or re-use any material which does not comply with our content standards below.	Отправлять, заведомо получать, загружать, использовать или повторно использовать любые материалы, которые не соответствуют нашим правилам стандартного содержания, изложенным ниже.
Without a name, an unseen face, and knowing not your time or place, Tomorrow’s child, though yet unborn, I met you first last Tuesday morn.	Без имени и черт лица, без времени и места появленья Ребенок завтрашнего дня, я встретился с тобой до твоего рожденья.
Men of science can walk through life with blindfolds, never knowing that you or I could not take a single step if we were not uplifted by God.	Учёный может прожить всю жизнь в неведении, даже не подозревая, что вы или я, не можем ступить и шага если Бог не просветил нас.
We freely admit to not knowing everything about how a helicopter flies or a printing press prints, but we are not nearly modest enough about our ignorance.	И хотя мы свободно признаем, что не имеем достаточных знаний о том, как летает вертолет или работает печатный пресс, люди обычно недостаточно скромны в признании своего невежества.
He was sitting, not knowing the time of day, nothing had changed outside, morning didn’t come, night didn’t fall, day was beginning to break or night was beginning to fall.	Он сидел, не имея представления о времени суток, снаружи ничего не менялось, не наступал день, не опускалась ночь, и то ли брезжила заря, то ли сгущались сумерки.
The existence of thousands of unemployed young people, without income or roots, idle and knowing only violence to express their quest for recognition, is not particularly French.	Существование тысяч безработных молодых людей, не имеющих дохода или корней, ничем не занятых и знающих только путь насилия для выражения своего стремления к признанию, не является исключительно французским явлением.
Until the studies are redone with adoptive children, who provide an environment but not genes to their kids, we have no way of knowing whether these conclusions are valid.	Пока не будут проведены дополнительные исследования с приёмными детьми, которым обеспечена среда, но не переданы гены, мы не можем знать, обоснованы ли эти выводы.
US law enforcement and intelligence agencies routinely provide information to other governments knowing that it will be used not just to arrest but to torture those they identify.	Агентства США по контролю за исполнением законов и разведывательные агентства в плановом порядке предоставляют информацию другим правительствам, зная при этом, что она будет использована не только для того, чтобы провести аресты, но и для пыток тех, на кого они укажут.
What does it mean to not be able to plan on ever having income, but knowing that you have serious looming expenses?	Что значит не иметь возможности рассчитывать на доход и думать только о нависших над вами гигантских расходах?
No, it’s a matter of not knowing our own place in the world, where to intervene, how much and what for.	Дело здесь в том, что мы не знаем собственного места в мире, не знаем, куда нам следует вмешиваться, в какой степени и во имя каких целей.
And for not knowing that, I’m gonna go ahead and like this comment.	Как это можно не знать, я сейчас возьму и лайкну этот комментарий.
Knowing of the public key is guaranteed not to be possible basis for decoding of the private one within an acceptable period of time.	Гарантируется, что, зная публичный ключ, невозможно за приемлемое время вычислить секретный.
Not knowing what to do, he asked me for help.	Не зная, что делать, он попросил у меня помощи.
Not knowing what to do, I asked him for advice.	Не зная что делать, я обратился к нему за советом.
Closing the banks this week, plus capital controls, do not convey the impression that the government is in control knowing what it is doing.	Закрытие банков на этой неделе в сочетании с введением контроля над движением капитала отнюдь не производит впечатления, что правительство уверено в себе, контролирует ситуацию и знает, что делает.
‘It’s like lying and not knowing you’re lying, that’s what’s fatal; I suppose it’s better to be a fool and know it than a fool and not know it.’	— Все равно что лгать и не подозревать, что лжешь, вот что самое фатальное. Все же лучше знать, что ты дурак, чем быть дураком и не знать этого.
Mrs. Bulstrode did not wish to go nearer to the facts than in the phrase make some amends; knowing that her husband must understand her.	Миссис Булстрод не хотелось объяснять подробней, что означают слова загладить вину, она знала — муж и так ее понял.

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Sorry for not knowing who you are.

It’s a weird feeling not knowing who you are.

Must be weird not knowing who you are.

Must be weird not knowing who you are.

He dies not knowing who you are.

I worried about you, not knowing who you are…

It’s tough not knowing who you are.

Enjoy not knowing who you are.

What could be worse than not knowing who you are?

What is the hardest thing for you in not knowing who you are?

After all, being «bad» or «nobody» is better than not knowing who you are.

В конце концов, быть «плохим» или быть «никем» лучше, чем не знать, кто ты!

Look, I’m your father, I love you and I know it’s hard not knowing who you are where you come from, and when you don’t know who you are who are your real parents, you don’t know…

Пслушай я твой отец я люблю тебя и я знаю что это тяжело когда ты не знаешь кто ты есть когда не знаешь откуда, и куда идешь кто твои родители, ты не знаешь

Not knowing who you are is a scary situation.

Not knowing who You are or who I am in Truth, I come to You.

Not knowing who you are will make you become someone else.

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Do you struggle with not knowing who you are? Then it’s time to find out, but before you start the journey of finding yourself, let me ask you an important question: Who are you?

You’ve heard this question before, and you can probably answer it immediately, but that’s not the answer I’m looking for. Answers like: I am a mechanic, a businessman, a motor freak, a go-getter, a nobody, a king, won’t cut it. While these answers form a part of your identity, they’re not who you are. They’re what you are. This is just the superficial stuff, the surface, the stuff that can change tomorrow. It doesn’t matter.

When I ask who you are, I’m asking: Who are you really, what is important to you, and what do you really want out of life? What needs to happen for you to lay on your deathbed and look back on your life with a big smile on your face? What is the one thing that is your mission in this lifetime? Chances are you have no clue.

Do you still remember?

Isn’t it strange that you don’t really know the person you spend every second of your life with? You know everything about everybody, but have no clue who you are yourself. You spend hours in front of the television, watching the latest gossips. And you listen to the news day in and out. And you talk about other people, know what makes them tick, but are entirely unaware of yourself. You should spend that time, that now goes to waste on things that don’t matter for you, finding yourself.

What were your childhood dreams, what did you love to do, do you still remember?

Going through life without knowing who you are is the biggest tragedy possible. When this happens, you are just an idea that doesn’t see the light of day, a delicacy that’s forgotten and is doomed to rot on the shelf, a gift returned to sender.

It might seem you are doing great. After all, you have a cool job and a steady paycheck, you are busy and going places, but is this really you? Are you executing the real you, or are you heading nowhere fast?

Five common regrets when you stop finding yourself

We don’t care for what we have but miss it when it’s gone. In most cases, such as relationships and material things, we can reverse the process or do some damage control, but with life, the end is the end. Death is still far away, so no need to worry about it now, right? Sure, no need to worry.

But, this isn’t about worrying. This is about learning from the mistakes others made, so we don’t have to make them.

Bronnie Ware worked as a palliative caregiver for several years and guided patients in the last weeks of their lives. While doing this, she asked her patients what their biggest regrets were. Her research shows common themes amongst almost all the people she interviewed. Apparently, when death is upon us, not knowing who you are makes place for exactly knowing who you really are, and what you wanted to do differently. The five most common regrets are:

1. I wish I dared to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.
2. I wish I hadn’t worked so hard.
3. I wish I dared to express my feelings.
4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.
5. I wish that I had let myself be happier.

Regrets in a nutshell

These are some considerable regrets to have, and it’s a heartbreaking thing when you realize not knowing who you are is such a universal theme. What this basically boils down to is that the majority of people never find out who they really are. Even if they did, they never dared to express themselves, resulting in a suppressed life.

Apart from never being their authentic selves, they also robbed themselves of the opportunity of being happy and sharing more time with their loved ones. Having regrets about not making a trip around the world or not buying your dream house are acceptable, but these five regrets are about as tragic as it can get.

If you summarize this, it sounds something like this: “I’ve spent my life being someone I never wanted to be because I was not courageous enough to find out who I really am and claim my place as an authentic person. Therefore I’ve spent a life away from my family and friends to give everything I have for a job I didn’t really like, and this resulted in me not being happy.”

Someone hold my coffee while I lie on the floor in the fetal position and cry my eyeballs out for humanity.

Where you got lost finding yourself

When I was still in school, I did the bare minimum to make it to the next year. I walked a thin line between staying in school and getting kicked out throughout my entire school career. I broke every rule in the book just to keep things interesting. Was I a bad kid? I don’t think so. I like to believe I was a kid with spirit that refused to let school break it. 

The school system has gotten a bad rep over the last years, and that’s probably for the best. It’s not a complete waste of time, but the system is highly outdated. It’s definitely not the place if you want to start your journey of finding yourself when not knowing who you are. It’s still a system based on the industrial revolution — a system designed to meet the needs of the market instead of the wants of the children.

Back when the demand for factory workers was high, children were poured into molds; they would fit perfectly in the system. Times were harder back then, and options were limited. Being molded into a cog wasn’t the worst thing that could happen to you. You had job security, and the alternative was a life on the streets. 

Times are different

But now, times are different. The possibilities are endless, and many jobs that demand a school system based on the industrial revolution are taken over by robots and AI. Also, the younger generations are much more enlightened when it comes to creating a meaningful life. Take the millennials for instance, they rather get a job where they can contribute to a better world and earn less money, vs. a job that just makes a ton of money. 

Is it normal to not know who you are? Normal isn’t the right word, but it has become the standard for the majority of people, but it’s not their fault.

We have a broken school system that creates broken people. Young children full of life, spontaneity, and curiosity, start with school, and all get the exact same program. Let’s call this program the tree. The goal of the school program is to make sure all children climb up the same tree. The old, crooked tree their parents, and everybody else had to climb in as well. Great news if you are a monkey, but what if you are not a monkey? And what if you are a fish?

What if you’re a fish and don’t know?

What if no one tells you that you’re a fish? And what if you know you are a fish, but everyone acts like you are a monkey? Sooner or later, you’ll think you are a monkey. But, no matter how hard you try, you will never be able to climb the tree, and you give up on finding yourself. Even if you are a cat, you’ll be able to climb the tree, but never as good as the monkeys. The fish will spend the rest of his life trying to climb the tree and will feel like an idiot. He will go through life, and when it’s time to leave this life, he will list the five regrets listed above.

A fish with dyslexia spends his entire childhood thinking he’s stupid, but he’s not stupid, he’s just meant to be an artist. A hyperactive Jack Russell dog is diagnosed with ADHD and gets put on meds, but in reality, he is intended to be one of the best breakdancers in the world.

What happens when you put the same fish in the water? You get a happy fucking fish, swimming around and sharing his talents and gifts with the rest of his fish buddies, leaving the water a bit better than when he came into it.

Stolen dreams

Fish spent their lives learning things that don’t really interest them just to climb the tree. Every time they try to climb the tree, they slowly disconnect from who they really are. Maybe you are a fish programmed to climb trees. And here you are finding yourself. 

We slowly rob these children of their dreams and steal their spontaneity, creativity, and life juice one useless piece of information at the time. We force them to learn stuff that doesn’t resonate with them and teach them things that don’t connect with them.

The fish are bored and become annoying and show behavior that doesn’t fit the mold they are supposed to fit in. They don’ fit in because they stand out. They stand out from the status quo of the system. In another setting, they are leaders, but in the school system, they are dysfunctional and not capable of anything.

We diagnose millions of children with conditions such as ADHD and other medical diagnoses. But, maybe they don’t have a condition. Maybe they’re just utterly bored and rebel at us for stealing their dreams. Before we even have a chance to really get to know ourselves, to really pursue our dreams, we get robbed, our dreams get crushed. They are crushed by broken gatekeepers who tell us things like: “Be realistic, you can never pay the bills as a dancer”.

But our dreams don’t go away. They stay in the backpack of life. Maybe broken, but still there. It might take some glue and creativity to put the pieces back together, but they’re there. And one day you’ll need them when you go out in the world finding yourself.

The mediocre man

Our schools and society are focused on making everyone the same; there’s no room for finding yourself. But we are not the same, each one of us is highly unique. Throughout school, we are taught to develop the skills we aren’t really good in and neglect what we are naturally gifted at. This might have worked for centuries, but now it’s a recipe for failure. There is no place for the mediocre man anymore. The mediocre man is replaced by third world countries who can do a better job for a fraction of the price, and eventually, robots will take over the mediocre man completely.

The internet holds the shovel that buries the mediocre man. Back in the good old days, your options were limited, and your only options were the people around you, but not anymore. The internet shows the best of the best within a fraction of a second, no matter where they are.

Hulk smash

Your value nowadays lies entirely in your authenticity and superpowers. We live in a world where superhumans thrive, and where the mediocre man completely fades away. Superheroes dominate Hollywood blockbusters, and we all have our favorites. But, if these superheroes would go through the system, they wouldn’t be superheroes.

Indiana Jones would be told not to be so curious, to sit down and pay attention. The teacher would take away James Bond’s silly toys and tell him to grow up. The Hulk would be put on medications and told to sit quietly. Society would say to Bruce Banner that emotions are bad.

But we all know Indiana’s superpower is his curiosity and eye for detail. We all know that Bond’s superpower is his arsenal of toys and his ability to adapt. And we all know the Hulk’s superpower is to fuck shit up. How’s that for finding yourself?

“But, these are just stories for fun and entertainment, be real”, you might say.  True, but what about Mahatma Gandhi, what about Martin Luther King, and what about Richard Branson? Gandhi realized his superpower wasn’t being a lawyer, but inspiring people and peacefully connecting them. MLK’s superpower was raising awareness and speaking from the heart, and Branson’s superpower is doing things differently.

Free spirits

When you look at most children, you’ll notice they are spontaneous and unbiased. Keeping these valuable trades in good shape is hard work, and 99% fails. Not because we don’t like to be that way, but because society and the status quo is continually trying to break these trades down. The king of the jungle has to be tamed and turned into a sheep.

The obvious thing to say here is that kids should learn how to behave for the greater good. If everyone acts like a monkey, the world becomes a zoo. Agreed, but there’s a difference between teaching children to have respect and decency in a way that keeps there spirit alive and breaking down their entire authenticity by kneading them until they fit the mold.

High school kids play, have fun, scream and shout, do crazy shit, all to the annoyance of ‘mature’ people. These kids get looked at angrily, but luckily they hardly notice. Sometimes a bitter, broken, ‘mature’ person steps in and corrects them. Instead of being inspired by the spontaneity and authenticity these kids still have, he orders them to get back in line.

Suppression and conditioning

A grumpy, older man grabs one of the kids by the arm, says some mean shit about how they behave, and bystanders applaud him. If his action is successful, you see a part of their true being dying right on the spot. This is traumatic. The child gets wired to think it’s wrong to be playful and enjoy life.

The grumpy, old man might say something along the lines of “stop behaving like savages and keep it down”, but what he really means is “hey, we are all miserable and you have to act the same way as us, because you remind us of what life is all about and we don’t want our suppressed feelings coming up”. Society will tell you to be just like them. Not because it’s good for you, but because it’s good for them.

People don’t stop playing because they grow old; they grow old because they stop playing. Think about that for a minute.

Locked in a cage

When we are born, we are free spirits, but from the moment we are born, this free spirit slowly gets caged. The world conditions us and forms us into the people we finally become. It’s like everyday people throw tiny bits of mud on us that stick. In the beginning, our free spirit still shines through, but with every piece of mud, it gets buried deeper and deeper. Eventually, we are entirely covered in mud and feel so suppressed by the weight of it we can hardly move.

Men learn that real men don’t cry, women learn they are not equal to men, but it doesn’t work. People become pressure cookers. Maybe they’ll finish the ride of life without ever exploding, holding all that emotion and their inner child safely inside, but it’s not pretty.

It’s an epidemic

Not knowing who you are isn’t an individual tragedy; it’s an epidemic. The collateral damage is insane.

When you go through life trying to climb the tree, you’ll be miserable; you’ll settle for less, you’ll never fulfill your task here on the globe. That’s a messed up thing. But what is even more messed up is that the majority of people are trying to climb the tree they were never supposed to climb.

So, this creates a world with people in the wrong place. People who never excel, people who do a just good enough job, and people who live for the weekends and hate Monday morning. People who wear masks all day and don’t even know anymore that there is a real person under the mask. But also people who can’t even remember their childhood dreams anymore. People who gave up and are being ‘realistic’. 

The good news is that in today’s day and age, there isn’t a reason to do things you don’t want to do. With the internet, everything can be monetized, but only if you’re good enough. The middle is gone, only the best of the best rise to the top. And to be the best, you have to work from a sense of purpose to tap into a state where you can really thrive. When you are your authentic self, it’s easy to be the best. There is not a lot of competition. Being the best is about the best version of who you are, not what you are. 

When fish swim in the water

A part of the world is at a point where all is well and where the opportunity is created to think about your higher meaning in life, your purpose. But finding yourself isn’t easy. This is one of the reasons millennials are going through such a crisis. Yes, they want to work, but they want to fulfill their purpose and create meaning for the world. That’s a great concept to work with. That’s way better than just working at a job that pays well, where you pull yourself through the week.

How would your life shift if you would find your real purpose? What would happen if the fish realizes his path isn’t up the tree but in the water? Not only would the fish feel naturally at home, but he would also be in an environment where he can thrive — surrounded by other fish that empower him. Now, this fish is happy, doing things he loves and adding much more value to the world. Imagine what would happen if all people did this. Everybody would be a superhuman, doing things they would love to do and get more energy from it. You are energized and go out there and find yourself.

Ask yourself this

When you ask a fish swimming in the water who he is, he can tell you in detail. He knows what is important to him and what he wants to do on the globe. He can tell you his mission, his purpose. This fish will have some regrets on his deathbed, but it won’t be the five we saw earlier.

So, ask yourself: Am I a fish, a monkey, an elephant, or something else? Do I have any business in the tree, or should I be somewhere else? If you don’t know, it’s time to figure it out. You owe it to yourself and the world. Start finding yourself.

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From
experience I can say that people follow the advice of others rather than follow
their own knowledge. You can already know a lot of things, have researched a
lot, read, heard. But when there is somebody standing right in front of you and
starts to repeat exactly what you already knew, that has a very different value.

For it is
often the case that these people, unlike oneself, do not look at things individually.
Nothing is individual or isolated from the rest. Instead, everything is in a
big picture full of wisdom, lifestyles and, above all, advice. After all, the overall
picture is what causes an “Ah!” moment on some and sets the hare
running.

After an amazing conversation with a, in my eyes, experienced and wise speaker, I have been able to find out a lot of my own “dark” side. The parts, which are not necessarily bad, but are still in the dark; the parts of myself, which I do not even know. And in which it is necessary to bring light, to get to know myself.

In fact, he
had also found a solution to how we could get to know ourselves. A solution to
explain our fears and wishes. “There is no magic formula,” he said,
but there is a way. And only with the tiny word Why. Why that and why this? Have you found out the reason, you ask
again. Found a reason? Ask again. Into the depths, find the reason for the reason,
for the reason, for the reason. Because only this way, you’ll find the cause.
That’s the only way I found the
cause.

I know my
name. I know that I am a student, believing in a certain religion. How my
parents are called, and also my siblings. The city in which I was born. But
basically, I do not know who I am. And that’s what I fail in all aspects of my
life, sooner or later. These are the risks of not knowing who you are. I do not
know myself, but I try to, with a tremendous control addiction, capture a picture,
which may or may not represents me in my eyes. Or maybe it’s just because I do
not know myself, that I have this control addiction. I am afraid to make me
vulnerable. To talk about myself; to find something to talk about, something
that concerns me. To give people an answer to a “why” – just because I do
not know it either.

The risks
of not knowing who you are, are endless. They’re endless, because after all,
you basically do not know anything. Nothing worth knowing – you live someone
else’s life when you do not know who you are. It may look like it’s your life,
but how do you want to know if you do not know yourself? Never knew yourself,
never tried to improve your relationship with yourself.

Basically, the risk of not knowing who you are is not living. You will spend a lifetime looking for something that will satisfy you. What makes you happy? What gives you the feeling of a life worth living? But the answer can only be found in the relationship to oneself. It’s worth working on – the only thing worth working for. Because when the base is stable, when the identity is stable, the rest stable as well. “Like a house.”

A big thank you to Isa from Master Your Mind. Thank you for the wonderful conversation that we had, in which you’ve helps me a lot, to improve myself as well.