A story was once told about a boy who was climbing the mountains and found an eagle’s nest with an egg in it. When he got home he placed it under a hen along with other eggs laid by the hen. After the eggs were hatched the eagle lived among the chicken and thought he was a chicken. He learned the behavior of the chicken and scratched the ground just like them.

But sometimes he would feel strange stirrings within himself but because he did not know what they meant or what to do with them, he either ignored or suppressed them. “After all I am a chicken and should behave like one”, he thought.
However, one day an Eagle flew over the Chicken yard and the “Chicken-Eagle” looked up and saw the Eagle flying.

Instantly he felt those strange stirrings again and realized he wanted to fly like the eagle and instinctively he spread his wings and began to fly. First, unsteadily until he finally soared like an Eagle that he is. He has discovered the true person God has made him to be.

According to Henry David Thoreau, “The greatest tragedy in life is to spend your whole life fishing only to discover that it was not fish you were after.”

Many like the “Chicken-Eagle” have allowed environment, opinion of others and prevailing circumstances to condition their lives and give them identities that is not theirs. Like the Chicken-Eagle also they have suppressed and ignored the stirrings of their true self.

They have let go the things that matter to them because their environment has given them the impression that they are not good enough for such things. They are anything but their true self.

A clear knowledge and understanding of who we are answers the question of why we exist (purpose). Attaining such success that will impact your world for a long time comes from living out your true identity. Your fulfillment and satisfaction lie in knowing that you are on the path that truly matters.

If you desire to take a journey to self-discovery, here’s the path to follow;

Live Your Life Awake
This is living your life being aware and conscious of your difference from others, inner desires and strength. These are your uniqueness and they are means of unlocking or discovering your real identity and following the path you are born to follow in life.

This demands thorough self-reflection and examination of our step and actions and how they satisfy and fulfill our deepest yearnings. Unless we are continually examining our life to make sure it is in line with what matters to us, we may end up living someone else’s life.

That’s like coming to the end of your life and realizing that you have followed a path that was not your own. We must make the decision and develop the courage and discipline to follow the path that most matter to us and make constant adjustments to ensure we are on the path that fulfills our inner yearnings.

“An unexamined life is not worth living.” – Socrates

Connect with Your Spiritual Source on a Personal Level

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience but are all spirit beings having a human experience.

I have found out that no matter how many self-help exercises people may take in a quest to discover their identity and purpose they still feel doubtful of they really are when they lack spiritual essence. They are not completely convinced of who they are.

The reason is that your source defines who you are just the same way it takes an affirmation and attestation from the maker of a product to believe the authenticity of such product.

We all are products of a spirit being and we cannot really live out our true self if we are disconnected or have little or no knowledge about him. Denying our spiritual source and essence put us below our true identity.

“Man’s goings are of the Lord; how can a man then understand his own way” – Proverb 20:24


Source: http://successflame.com/spirituality/the-path-to-self-discovery/