Personal Identity: Religious Teaching

Personal Identity Name: Institution: Course: Date: PERSONAL IDENTITY Growing up in Brazil I had a chance to develop within a culture that was enriching and more importantly life shaping (Bloom, 1990). Growing up a family of five and brought up by religious parents, we were taught to be God fearing and more importantly respective of one another in the society (Seelye & Howell, 1996). Family values were part of the strongest that were instilled in us, where having a husband and children was one of the highest forms of achievement (Wahrman, 2004). Now divorced and living in America, I have changed some of my perceptions (Sedere, 2005). I have gained new values that align with how I look at the concept of family. Family is the people that one is able to interact with professionally or socially (Narváez & Lapsley, 2009). Growing up much of what shaped my identity were the religious teaching we got from the church and my parents (Abeles & Wellesley College, 2016). These aligned the values that I had as a child right into my young adulthood (Musschenga, Haaften, Spiecker & Slors, 2002). The decision I made and the way I interacted with people came with the values instilled, but this would soon change (Baumeister, 1986). It formed the gentler personality (Cash, 2018). In my 20s, I was vibrant and full of life and most of my dreams were of the influences from my peers and the social norms that I could see around me (Arciero & Bondolfi, 2009). Having a family of my own was one of the most appealing stages in life. Finally being able to be part of unit and care for someone else other than myself (John, Pervin & Robins, 2010). At the stage one is constantly thinking about the big dreams in life (Port, 2011). The marriage experience was not what I had hoped for and as such, I further had to change my identity (Houser & Thoma, 2012). In this case, I changed towards a more holistic approach (Somlai, 2018). The divorce brought a new meaning of family (Berg, 2013). I now consider family other than my siblings, as those that I am able to interact with at an integral level ("What is Self Identity? Understand the Question "Who am I"?", 2018). This has a great role in my career in the medical field, as I am able to better connect with the patients as I care for them (Hayes, Daly, Duncan, Gill & Whitehouse, 2014). My identity has shifted several time over the last several years (Quintana & McKown, 2008). As a young and vibrant, I took on the ident...