Getting to know you, getting to know all about you....
http://youtu.be/j7E8dC2g_XA

Are you running?
"All men should strive to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why."
- James Thurber

"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves."
- Carl Jung

"It is not only the most difficult thing to know oneself, but the most inconvenient one, too."
- H.W. Shaw

"You need to know things the others don't know. It's what no one knows about you that allows you to know yourself."
- Don DeLillo, Point Omega 

"Man can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as… from a lack of bread."
- Richard Wright

"One’s own self is well hidden from one’s own self; of all mines of treasure, one’s own is the last to be dug up."
- Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

MainMessageForToday
Do you know yourself well? It may be that acceptance of what one knows about themselves is the problem.

From the song 'I Didn't Know My Own Strength' by Whitney Houston:

I didn't know my own strength,
And I crashed down and I tumbled but I did not crumble.
I got through all the pain.
I didn't know my own strength.

My faith kept me alive.
I picked myself back up, I hold my head up high,
I was not built to break,
I didn't know my own strength.

I was not built to break,
I got to know my own strength.

http://youtu.be/0BgeUfgyy-U

"In developing greater self-understanding, you must recognize both your strengths and your weaknesses. Most people think that the ability to achieve their goals will depend on their greatest strengths.... The truth is, however, that you are only as good as your biggest weakness."
- Jim Taylor, Ph.D., The Power of Prime
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-power-prime/201201/personal-growth-know-thyself-is-the-first-step-life-change

"The most important knowledge is understanding what you can't do."
- Bill Buford

"You will recognize your own path when you come upon it, because you will suddenly have all the energy and imagination you will ever need."
- Jerry Gillies

"You've got to follow your passion.  You've got to figure out what it is you love--who you really are.  And have the courage to do that.  I believe that the only courage anybody ever needs is the courage to follow your own dream."
- Oprah Winfrey

"The most successful people are those who don't have any illusions about who they are. They know themselves well and they can move in the direction of their best talents. They know the kind of culture they thrive in and how they can benefit from that culture. Unfortunately, most people don't understand themselves. Most people don't want to lose their illusions about themselves, although they say they want to take charge of their career."
- Bud Bray

MainMessageForToday
Know yourself, including your strengths and weaknesses so that you choose/follow the path that is right for you.

Theme for the week 4/24 - 4/30: #KnowYourself (cont'd).