Who am I?

Has the question “Who am I?” ever come to you?

Most often, we identify ourselves with what we do:
I am a mother/father, a wife/husband, a professional, a daughter/son, the one who carries everything, the one who is always rushing.

If we take off all these roles, like taking off clothes who remains?

Today, let’s try a small practice.
Slowly. Not for a result.
Just to spend a little time with yourself.

Find a comfortable position.
Take three deep breaths in and out.
Don’t rush.

Feel your body. It is here. It is with you.
Your shoulders, your back, your breathing.

Now imagine that you begin to take off everything that is “put on” you.

Take off the role of mother/father, grandmother/grandfather.
For now, you don’t need to take care of anyone.

Take off the role of wife/husband.
You don’t need to meet anyone’s expectations.

Take off the role of a professional.
You don’t need to do anything.

Take off the role of daughter/son.
You don’t need to justify anyone’s hopes.

Take off the role of the one who carries everything.
You can simply sit.

Leave all these roles beside you.
Like clothes on a chair.

Now quietly, without pressure, ask yourself:

1. Who am I when no one is watching?

2. Who am I when I don’t need to be good, correct, or convenient?

3. Who am I when I don’t need to do anything?

Don’t search for the answer with your mind.
Just listen.

Maybe a feeling will come.
Maybe an image.
Maybe simply silence.

All of this is normal.

If instead of an answer you feel emptiness, fear, or the familiar voice of the inner critic, gently say to yourself:

“I have the right not to know.
I have the right to search  and even not to search.
I have the right to be in the process.”

And stay with that.

Sometimes “not knowing” is the most honest answer,
because we have been someone for others for so long that we forgot who we are with ourselves.

When you feel that it is enough, take a deep breath.

You are here.
You exist.
You are already enough.

A reminder for every day:

Who you are does not need to be earned.
Who you are does not need to be proven.
Who you are  already exists.

Not because you did something.
But because you are.

Everything else: roles, tasks, relationships -
are just additions.

Additions to that real self.
The one who sometimes gets tired, sometimes doubts, but always exists.

If you’d like, you can write in a notebook or in the notes on your phone:

I am not what I do.
I am not what people think of me.
I am not what I am supposed to be.
I simply am.

And that is enough. 💖

If you wish, write in the comments:
Who are you today?
What came in the silence?
What did you feel?
What was underneath all the roles?

How would you live if you remembered this more often?

Sometimes the path back to yourself begins not with answers,
but with an honest question:

Who am I, really?