In a time when more and more people are moving into big cities to live a life, your identity might get lost in the crowd. You will feel empowered once you truly know yourself and you will be able to stand out from the crowd. What separates you from the crowd? It is your true identity, it is the uniqueness that you are born with, it is a gift from God given to you in this lifetime and it is your duty to know it.

Once you truly know yourself you will in a position of outstanding power and strength. You will be able to use your strength to reach your purpose of this lifetime. Knowing oneself is an exciting journey into yourself. It will take patience, obedience and conscious observation.

Here are some easy and quick tips that you can try to truly know yourself:

Say yes to yourself

When you say no to others you are saying yes to yourself. Yes, you are being selfish or self-centered by saying no to others, but it is for the greater good that you need to bring upon the world by truly knowing yourself and giving that gift that has been given only to you, to the world.

Going places

Traveling is a great way to know oneself. When you travel you put yourself in many different situations that are so different from the comfort zone that you are so used to living in every day. You figure out unique capabilities or qualities with you when you tackle these situations during your travel. Also traveling lets you perceive the world through your own reality which can be essential in the understanding the pattern of your thoughts and know yourself.

Meaningful relationships

Relationships constantly teaching something about ourself. When you build a relationship you not only know yourself better, you also get to know another human being. This is why it is so important to build meaningful relationships.

Treat yourself

You need to spend time with yourself and that even goes down the line of treating yourself. You do not have to be with a group of friends to celebrate. It is totally normal to celebrate yourself and once you start doing so you will understand what really makes happy. Be it the favourite dish you love to it, be it your favourite show you like to watch or be it the special place you like to enjoy. Just plan ahead of your day and celebrate yourself.

Finding places that you can strongly connect

Find places that you strongly connect with, this place can be at your home, in your city, in your state or country that you go once in awhile to feel connected. Connecting to these places will help you rejuvenate your energy and also give you answers about yourself that you may have been pondering about for awhile.

Explore, motivate and push yourself. Put yourself in different situations.

Developing new habits and putting yourself in different situations might be tough. Well, you can do it one at a time and be slow about it, once you start feeling confident about a situation then put yourself in a new situation. What this will really do is, help you figure out how you can handle these situations and increase your self-awareness.

I hope this article will help you to know yourself better and help you achieve that purpose in your life for which you are here.

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