Searching for Identity

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By Brian Yalung


Building on identity also Builds Self-Confidence

The dilemma that hounds most people today is their search for identity and place in the world that they live in. It is easier said than done considering that life today has its share of challenges as far as trying to determine where a person would find himself or herself. Rejections and setbacks are part of the whole ideal. Proper focus and concentration towards what a person would really want will always be the way to go.

Technically, the world is filled with rabid wolves waiting to feast on unaware preys. While sights have been set to a high level, there is no question that careful analysis on where to go and what to do must be laid out beforehand to ensure that a person is indeed on the right track towards success.

Overall, a person placed in a strange world and environment to which he is not aware will render him an incapacitated mess. Colleagues and friends may be around but cannot really direct a person towards where he is tasked to go. It need careful evaluation as well and only the person himself would be able to know the final deliberation on when and where to go.

Being practical is something that anyone would be well off today. Life is a game of challenges and risks. People afraid to undergo them are obviously unaware of what to do with their lives. Many would go for money, running their own business and others resorting to other means such as that of being simply content with what they have and where they are at the moment. The latter of course is a pathetic excuse for living since the longer they wait, the farther they fall down the corporate ladder of life. It is never easy to climb up when the whole pack is way ahead of you.

Career and money will always be there for the taking. It remains for the person to find a way to achieve them. Education, experience and resourcefulness are only some of the key attributes in being able to carve their place in society. But most importantly, a person can only find his true identity by searching it on his own and by himself. It should never be for someone else but more on self-fulfillment. Nobody can take anything away from a person who has dreams and is working to achieve them. That is the direction and path that he chooses to go. Given some time, all these efforts and sacrifices would pay off and earn him a place in the mixed up world of society.

Everyday most of us search for our identity. Majority have claimed that their identity is where they are now. Somehow, this is something like a just claim of being somewhere and fitting in for fear of rejection and being lowly regarded beings. But as a whole, standing up and stomping their class in their own way will be something that will assert them as accomplished and fulfilled beings. That is all it takes and an established identity is sure to be projected.

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Iðunn profile image

Iðunn  says:
3 years ago

that's a lovely photo, did you take it?

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Brian Yalung  says:
3 years ago

nope, my friend did. Gave me permission and asked me to use his photos to go with my blogs. :)

Iðunn profile image

Iðunn  says:
3 years ago

he's an excellent photographer.  I've been enjoying your hubs.  In this one I disagree that a person should define themselves by financial success or their occupation, but it makes an interesting read. 

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Brian Yalung  says:
3 years ago

Hi! Yeah, well it has been a while since I did this for him. You can check out his site for other pictures and images. His site is at http://www.flickr.com/photos/parc/

Yes I know it is a pitiful post with regards to financial gains. I guess it depends on the culture and environment. Negative as it seems, but I have had my share of such experience and stories here in my country. Its good to know that some people do not regard financial success or occupation as a definition for one's self.

Many thanks for your comments, I really appreciate it very much!

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Iðunn  says:
3 years ago

I think many times when people come from a place of massive income inequality it is possible to think "if I can just achieve financial success" that they will be happy. Certainly poverty is soul-eating. I think many people don't realize that having a great deal of money can be soul-eating too. To me this says the answer lies in the way you view yourself, your interpersonal relations and life in general.

I was raised in relative privilege and I can assure you that financial excess itself doesn't make people better or happier. I know many people who sacrifice themselves and their children's well-being for financial excess. The poor often have to pick from bad choices to survive, the rich sometimes make bad choices regarding their themselves or their children for a life of luxury. If one is poor, there is guilt, but how much more guilt for a parent to sacrifice their child's physical or mental or sexual well-being for a pool in the backyard and overseas travel and not having to work. Most of the well off are scum - that's how they get to be well off, trust on me on this one... I grew up with those people; I know the price they will pay or make their children pay to be where they are.

I think ambition and wanting to have a good earning career which you enjoy and which brings financial security for yourself and your family is a wonderful goal, but financial achievement must not become so primary that you sell your soul to get to it and miss the point. I have a sincere wish to see people achieve and carry their humanity along with them while they do and keep it when they get there.

Thank you for the link to the site. I didn't know much about Philippines but it is just beautiful! Mr. Cruz is an extraordinary photographer - the pictures are outstanding. I love the silhouettes and the faces, especially the faces of the children. Filipinos certainly are a stunning people.

How different is Filipino (language) from Tagalog? I actually found a movie in Tagalog once and played in the language for a bit with online learning sources. One has to love a language which has some words in it with no vowels. :)

Interesting blog about "cinemanila" here:

http://journals.aol.com/noelbotevera/MyJournal/ent

Your English is very good. I read there are 170 languages spoken in Philippines. Which is your primary language? How many do you speak?

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Brian Yalung  says:
3 years ago

Hi! Thanks for the wonderful insights. They are so enlightening. Yes I agree to the things you mentioned, and most of them are the clouded thoughts that go through my mind everyday. I feel so relileved that there are people who think the same way I do and can help understand such things I go through.

I shall inform Parc Cruz about your kind words. I am sure he shall be glad that people admire his work aside from me.

Thank you for the link, its good to find relative links to read on. Thank you as well for your kind words on my grammar. I still want to enrich them, the reason I have turned to blogging and writing to help me sharpen them.

There are a number of languages here associated with the Filipino dialect. Tagalog is actually what they call the Filipino language. But english is something that is widely used here as well since it is the universal language as we all know. I only speak English and Tagalog fluently. The other I have no idea, although I would want to learn them.

Best Regards and Thanks a bunch again!

Alieu Jatta  says:
13 months ago

I am boy i live in the Gambia and am working with the Gambia immigration and i need a wife from the tagge

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