Maybe you have already heard about the analogy of the mind as a little pond filled with water.
Thoughts and emotions create waves at the surface, making it harder to see through the water to the ground. If the disturbance continues, the water may even become muddy and completely opaque.
To restore clarity, you need to sit in silence and let your mind settle and stop making waves.The same analogy can help you understand why seeing who you are feels sometimes impossible. Every trend and every new cool thing creates a little wave in your mind.
Hundreds of little waves competing for your attention, all going in different directions. It’s an overwhelming mess, and you can’t see to the bottom anymore because you are too focused on finding your identity in the ever-changing patterns on the surface.
You are scared to fail to adapt and fall behind.
You are scared to miss out. What you really miss out on is who you are deep down at the bottom. There lies the source of your brand identity, unmoved by what’s in fashion, waiting to be discovered. Maybe it’s not cool, maybe it’s not perfect, but it will be powerful.
Illustration: Plate XXVII, courtesy of The New York Public Library
