I Am
There is power in knowing who you are! It has never been more important to Know Thyself! Self-worth determines future success! You are Love, Strength, Wholeness, Peace, Happiness, Success, Truth. You are everything good.
With adult, child and teen versions of the I Am series, author Phrantceena Halres’ first book, (BOOK TITLES), discusses the ultimate value of knowing who you are, and remaining rooted in that concept as a daily choice.
We have a choice with whom we want to be each morning! Be sure that who you are choosing to be does not prevent others from being who they are choosing to be. Be sensitive to the energy that you are putting out in the world. Everyone can feel your energy whether or not you realize it.
“Human tragedies: We all want to be extraordinary and we all just want to fit in. Unfortunately, extraordinary people rarely fit in.” ― Sebastyne Young
Sometimes, situations are so very consuming that you start to believe that it is more powerful than it really is. You start to believe that who you are takes second priority to what you are going through. I tell people all the time that your situation wants you to believe that it is more than what it is. It wants you to accept that it is more powerful than what it really is.
Knowing who you are means knowing affirmatively that you are not your current situation. Your situation—is your situation. If your circumstance holds any power, it is only to teach you about yourself, and who you can become. Your true self is discovered when your back is against the wall and you are about to lose everything. You start to find new ways of getting back up, dusting yourself off and moving forward because you know that this is simply a bump in the road and not the road itself.
We forget that we are strong, powerful, creative, attractive, strong, deserving, beautiful and whole. Every day we unintentionally take on the fear, negativity, worry and poverty consciousness of others. This book explores facing that negative energy head-on, and explains how to discover a new approach to mind , body and soul.
Concluding each chapter is F.O. C.U.S, a questionnaire intended to present family exercises, conversational topics for discussion, and actionable items in a manner to engage the entire family. Whether you have an unconventional family or traditional one, please—each one, teach one.
Excerpt from book:
People Changers versus People Enhancers
“A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.” Arnold H. Glasow
Up to this point, we’ve learned so many things about ourselves. We’ve learned who we are not, who others want us to be and why, and who we have the potential to be. But most importantly, we’ve began learning how to discover who we are and the power that lies within that discovery.
In our self-discovery of who we are, we often run into others who wish to help us along the way. They want to give us advice on how to become who we wish to be. They’ve accepted us and now want to help us to get reach our goal. These are people who wish to bring good to our lives—and some successfully carry out this mission. But, what makes one successful in their goodness and others not so successful? It all depends on whether or not someone is trying to change who you are (e.g. People Changers) or simply enhance who you are (e.g. People Enhancers). How can you tell the difference?
People Changers are those who try to modify, adjust, or alter the person that you have chosen to be in life. It almost feels rather understand because they’ve made you to believe beforehand that you were perfect. When someone attempts to change you, they are trying to tell you that who you are choosing to be is wrong, incorrect, mistaken, etc. It becomes very difficult to recognize them because they try to change you in what they call love, but often their advice is wrapped in their own fear, as we’ve discovered from earlier chapters. Here is how you can recognize people changers.
They Create Insecurity. They make you question yourself and your decisions.
They Confuse. They make you wonder if you’ve made the right decision.
They Remove. They chip away at portions of you that you’ve chosen for yourself.
They Impair. They make you feel that you must depend on them in order to be better.
They Change. They make you feel as if you need to be different.
Always ask yourself, “How do I feel about myself when I leave this person?” Always trust your instinct.
People Enhancers are those who assist in boosting, developing, and improving who you have chosen to be in life. They are the ones who appreciate who you are choosing to be and they seek to know how they can assist you on your journey. They are the easiest ones to recognize because you are able to feel them and the positive impacts they have on your life. Here is how you can recognize people enhancers
They Increase. They increase your energy, your level of inspiration, your motivation to be
yourself. They pour more love into your cup.
They Cheer. They are very proud of you along the way.
They Offer: Imagine a mentor who recommended that you join a speaking class. They do not want to change your choice to be a motivational speaker. They simply wish to enhance your speaking ability. They do not wish to take away from who you are. They instead bring offerings in the forms of material substances, ideas and emotional support that enhances who you wish to be.
They Inspire. They leave you feeling like you can be, do and have so much more in life.
They Clarify. It is a fact that wearing the right pair of glasses can drastically improve one’s vision. It creates a clear display that does not change what you see, but how you see it. People enhances clarify one’s vision of who they chose to be. They remove the glasses, clean them, and place them back on you, having removed all specs and spots that were once there.
Always ask yourself, “How do I feel about myself when I leave this person?” Always trust your instinct.
You do not have to run from people changers. Ironically, you’ll find that many of them are those who love us most but they just do not realize that they are trying to change who we are. And we often go wrong with people changers by trying to change their minds, prove them wrong, and/or argue with them.
I recommend staying far away from trying to change a people changers mind and trying to prove them wrong. At the end of the day it becomes a waste of energy that could be best spent in knowing more about who you are and who you choose to be.
So, what options do we have when trying to deal with people changers?
Outer Circle. Just because they are a friend or a loved one does not mean that they deserve all of your time and space. You can check in on them
Listen and show respect. Most people just want to be heard. When you are talking to a people changer, simply listen to what they are saying, show respect for their opinion and allow the discussion to fizzle away on its own. You do not have to verbally disagree. Simply saying, “I understand what you are saying,” will often times suffice.
So now that we’ve figured out how to maneuver through people changers, let’s spend some time discussing people that I enjoy giving most of my time to—people enhancers.
What if you do not know any people enhancers? Where can you go to find them? You can find them hanging around other people enhancers. Ask for recommendations. Get a referral. Also, take some time
and go to inspirational and or motivational networking functions. And once you find them, here are three things that you can do immediately that could forever change your life.