Who are you? Where are you now? Where are you going?

Some times you need to do a little inventory check on your life. I do this every quarter just to see if I am on target or if I need to make some necessary adjustments. I have also used this numerous times when I worked in Social Services or have done a speaking engagement.  This is very powerful as I have seen emotionally hardened men and women come to tears behind this exercise.   Can you answer these three questions?  Before you turn your nose up, there are some rules to these questions.  If you are up for the challenge, I will guarantee that will see exactly what is happening in your life.  Disclaimer: In order for it to work, you have to be honest with yourself.   Lets get started:

Who are you?  When answering, you can not write down your name, your race, your gender, the fact that you may be a mother, father, son, daughter, brother, sister, husband, or wife, cousin or friend. Do not list your job title either.  It is not important.  Those are all titles that we hide behind that help us not to deal with us.  Who are you really?  Who are you independent of everyone around you and independeant of the titles given to you by other people? This will require you to really hold that mirror up to yourself and record what you see.  Search deep.

Where are you now?  Don't say stuck, in transition, in a happy place, your current location.  Nope, those answers will be completely unacceptable.  You have to access where you are in your life emotionally, spiritually, mentally, and physically.  This is dealing with self positioning.  Be honest!

Where are you going?  As with the other two, no surface answers.  You have realized who you are and where you are, now we need to position where you go from here.  Develop your plan.  It is okay if you need to make corrections along the way. 

Remember, no one can build your road map for you and above all, no one knows you better than you know yourself.