Self Identity

Written by Taylor Wheeler

As a child you hear “what do you want to be when you grow up” a lot. Most kids know they give snazzy responses like “An astronaut, A ballerina, A Rockstar, but when I came to me, I almost never had an answer. My whole family had surfaced their talents and weren’t afraid to project them, people would always tease me “Taylor, your sister can sing. Your mom can draw. what can you do?”. These things never really initially discouraged me I mean I was 8 years was I supposed to know how I wanted the rest of my life to go? Until 8 turned to 18 and I still had no definite answer.

I’ve always struggled with my own personal identity. In most ways identity for me was who you were compared to the next person but not really what made you, you. As I got older and more mature my view on identity changed quite a bit, the underlying definition was different to me. It became more about what I stood for morally and drifted from physical, materialistic and million-dollar profession goals.

My name is Taylor and I believe I fit in with the people who just enjoy being true to their selves. I stand with the creators, the people who have found their selves in their own personal craft after being lost and compared to the rest of the world. This belonging has shaped me in many ways, spending so many years trying to discover who you are and being shamed for having no clue leaves a lot of room for trial and error. I’ve made so many moral less mistakes, followed behind a lot of the wrong people, and put up with a lot worse than good simply because I didn’t believe I was identifiable or strong enough to stand alone.

Looking back at past experiences I can see clearly where I lacked maturity in most surrounding relationships. I think that who we are is whoever we want to be, whoever we seek to be, what we stand on and choose to accept lost or found in identity. A million people can have chosen their path which can be so easily discouraging. My question to you is how do you define yourself? Your life experiences give you wisdom in your perspective, but it doesn’t have to define you. A million things can go wrong, things are designed to throw you off track strategically. But how you allow most things to define you says a lot about who you are.

I am Taylor, a young girl with big dreams. I have morals and integrity; I am a creator as well a child of God. Because of those things I define myself as nothing less than powerful.

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