A thought by H. Norman Wright DMin. from his book, Discovering Who You Are And How God Sees You. (p.7). Baker Publishing Group (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) We really do, don’t we? Norman says, “Have you ever been there, in that bottomless pit where you wondered who you were, and no answers came? When it happens, it is frightening. We all need to have some meaning for who we are. “Any of us can suffer a loss of identity, but it is a loss that in most cases is preventable. That’s right: it can be prevented. Many identity losses are felt because the foundation we base our identity on is shaky. “Too often we think that striving for identity is a search done only when we are adolescents. Once we attain adulthood, it should be over, but it isn’t. Think about it for a minute. What do you base your identity on? Don’t you define yourself by your role, or what you do? Don’t you establish who you are by your emotional attachments to other
Continuing a thought from a book I am reading...