“As I look back over my life, before I had any real identity, I was a traveler. I grew up an Army brat, a runaway, an activist, and a musician. All my life I've been traveling.” LooksRealIdentityGrewGrew UpMusicianArmyReal LifeActivistBeing RealTravelerRunawayBratArmy Brat Author:Michelle Shocked
“While this may look loving, when we struggle with an idol of dependence, we’re in fact not loving people as much as we’re using them to fulfill our need to belong, be liked, and be desired. This explains why some friends and family members can be so demanding, smothering, and needy. It also explains why we’re so easily inflated by praise and deflated by criticism. It’s as if others have the ability to determine our identity for that day based on a word or even a glance” PeopleIfsNeedsLooksMayFactsAbilityStruggleIdentityMembersCriticismPraiseDetermineIdolsDependenceGlancesFamily And FriendsNeedyFamily Members Book:Who Do You Think You Are?: Finding Your True Identity in Christ Source: Who Do You Think You Are?: Finding Your True Identity in Christ
“The roots of all living things are tied together. Deep in the ground of being, they tangle and embrace. This understanding is expressed in the term nonduality. If we look deeply, we find that we do not have a separate self-identity, a self that does not include sun and wind, earth and water, creatures and plants, and one another.” IfsLooksDoeSelfEarthTogetherUnderstandingTermWaterSunIdentityWindCreaturesRootsEmbracePlantTiedLiving ThingsSelf Identity Author:Joan Halifax