Look in the Mirror if You Want to Know Why You Are the Way You are

Self Knowledge and Self-Love Are Crucial.

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Many people spend their lives without getting to know the individual closest to them: themselves. When you ask people if they know themselves, they will respond yes. However, is this true? Self-knowledge does not come easily. Many people live their lives as automatons.

But what does it mean to know oneself? Most people may consider knowing oneself as an end. For example, they say: “Now that I know myself, I don’t feel like doing anything anymore.” We mistake the means (knowing oneself) for the end (the goal).

It is easy to give up on self-knowledge because it seems unreachable at first glance. If we look closer and take a long hard look inwards, we will come to realize something important: we are our own worst enemy!

Many of your problems can be attributed to yourself when you think about them. You might argue that bad people and circumstances also contribute to our failures; however, this is not entirely true.

If you want to know why you are the way …