Perhaps your need is to be really connected to your family or community.Beth Densmore is a Personal Life Coach who offers support, inspiration and motivation to those who are in transition and want to achieve a goal. In addition to these shared values you will have values that are specific to you as an individual.. By the same token, you would be more likely to become a teacher if your core values consist of guiding, inspiring, learning and informing.
These might be honesty, integrity, respect, and helpfulness. But, we have to work at it. We must look deep within our being and discover our core values and needs. You might share these values with colleagues, friends and family.Discovery is not a one step process. In any community there are shared values. We then must choose our goals and our path in life based on those core values and needs. Sir Alexander Fleming discovered that the Food container mould growing on his unwashed culture plates was repelling the bacteria surrounding it in 1928.Your individual values might be, to contribute, to discover, to teach and to create.The other factor to be considered in becoming our authentic self is the needs that drive us emotionally.
Chain and Sir Howard Florey first tested penicillin on animals.You might have the need to be empathetic in your relationships, or to experience adventure. In truth, we can continue to discover ourselves throughout our lives. Although there are many "a-ha" moments in discovery, there is a lot of hard work that must be done before and after experiencing those "a-ha" moments in order to incorporate that discovery into our daily lives.
We often confuse wants with needs. Self-discovery is learning of the existence of our core values and needs. We have all heard the saying " Money doesn't buy happiness". To want something is to desire it.Self-discovery is also a long road. Once we say "a-ha" I really value adventure and creativity and I really need support and tenderness, it is time to incorporate those values and needs into our daily lives. We have to look deep into our core to find our inherent values and needs.So, in order to be our authentic self we must embrace the path of self-discovery. Very often we identify ourselves by those roles.