I am so tempted not to leave a post today, for it has been a very hectic week. But i knew, if I succumb to that temptation, it will be my first step to do it over and over again. I know myself that well, that when I succumb to a situation like that and have a nice justification, everything will start to crumble again. Ah! The will. The patience. “God give me patience -I need it NOW!”

Anyways, let me ask again: How well do you know yourself? Was it Shakespeare who wrote in the famous Hamlet: Know thyself?Learning to know yourself is not easy. One way of course is to know how you use your time and prioritize. And there is also a need for us to accept ourselves, who we are, including accepting our failings. We play a lot of roles everyday. We play the role of a professional, a boss, a father, a friend, a driver, and so on and so forth. All these roles entail functions and responsibilities and are governed by set of rules and standards. We need to accept those terms too. Can we?

Each is unique. Each to his own. Different people have different energy levels and require different amounts of time to rest and think. (Darn. It’s Saturday. Am I not supposed to be skin diving somewhere?) One person can’t perform on less than 8-hour sleep, while I can make it through the day with only an hour of sleep. The point being, one person may find the lack of sleep emotionally draining while the other finds it exhilarating. Each to his own. Do you know your limitations?

What is important is knowing yourself by recognizing your limitations and harnessing your gifts and strengths. If you know your impediments, work something out to make them into assets, rather than liabilities. Evaluate your daily routines at work, at play or at home and learn to put more efforts where you are failing. These things are easily done if you pause once in a while to reflect about or analyze your strides, goals, dreams, roles and motivations.

So, how well do you know yourself? Tell me, what have you done to really find out who you are?