WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?

I have heard so many people ask this question, who do you think you are? Most people 

ask the question as a way of insult, as a way to make the other person have a low self-esteem, as a way to make the person feel that he or she cannot achieve anything in the true sense no matter how far they have gone. And people always feel insulted when asked the question. As if that is not enough, people say" Who do you think you are? Do you know who I am? And what I observed from these questions is a feeling of competition, a feeling of wanting to be understood and a feeling of superiority. What comes to your mind when you are asked such a question?

I was having a discussion with one of my friends and an argument erupted. And he asked me "Who do you think you are to tell me what to do? Do you know who I am? Do you know what I have been through? The things I have seen in life? You have not seen half of what I have seen. You have not been through hard life so you do not know anything. If I exchange what is in my head with yours, you will go mad.... and it continued. And I was so dumbfounded; and different thoughts crossed my mind. "Does knowing who I think I am, come from experiences of hard life? Does the confidentiality of my identity come from being through a lot? Do I have to suffer so much before I know my value?" I thought.

 Most times we think that what makes us stronger and better than others is by the number of stories we can share with people about what we have been through. And we feel good when people say "wow, you have been through a lot". We see it as a compliment. I noticed that many people even go as far as making up false stories just to get such kinds of 'compliment', while others make up such stories to seek other people's sympathy.

 The number of experiences that we have gone through does not define who we are or our level of confidence. Acts 17:28 "In God we live, move, and exist. As some of your own poets said, ‘We are his offspring."!!!