A REFLECTION ON FINDING MY TRUE SELF
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Every human being is created in the image of God, and thus should live accordingly to His plan. However, the world and people around us somehow created in us a false self, that sometimes protects and preserves our true self. Over the years experts have tried to understand the self. They studied how people perceive their true selves and how it influenced their self-concept and their psychology in everyday life. This writing aims to explore the true and false self, using personal experiences to demonstrate how I found my true self, how it has influenced my ministry as a nursing educator and how it will continue to influence my future ministry in counsellingReferences
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