#ourcharacters

We are not our characters. When we peel back the layers on our characters that is the person we are, our core.

What we become as a consequence of what happens to us in life and the layers of the stuff we build up, is not who we really are. We see the world as we are. We see it through the layers of the stuff we build up over time.  Stuff like beliefs; ideas; opinions and fears, some of which make us happy, some of which make us sad. Ideas that allow us to grow, ideas which can also hold us back.

So what is the core and why is it so important? The core is part of something that is central to its character or existence. It’s the key, the primary part of what makes us, us. Unfortunately though, as we journey through life we continue to build up the layers until we’re no longer recognise ourselves.

The core takes us back to when we were a kid. The part of us that started life without our inhibitions; the part that loved everyone and everything; the part of us that chose not to take sides; the part of us that left our opinions at the front door and chose to make a difference in people’s lives without needing to asking questions first, because we just knew it was right.

With an open mind and no attachment to things, we are able to come back to the core of who we really are. When we take our ego out of the equation, we don’t jump to the wrong conclusions. We come to believe fewer stories because we have no real need for them.

Finally, I believe if we work off our intuition, we will separate fact from fiction and that will enable us to concentrate only on the facts.