If we don’t know who we are, we will constantly be manipulated into who others want us to be or become enmeshed in the needs of other people. When we know who we are, we are whole and available to love, serve, and give to others from that fullness. If we don’t know who we are, then we will love, serve, and give, hoping people will fill our empty places and make us feel whole. And in doing so, we will always be defined by how well or how poorly someone else makes us feel.
