After my divorce, I felt lost and alone and had no idea who I was. I had always been a wife, a mother, a nurse, a friend, a whatever it took to please whomever I was with.  But one thing I did know for certain was that I did not want to spend the rest of my life without a companion. Just before writing this song,  I prayed to my Higher Power letting Him know that I  understood and accepted that I needed to be by myself for a while in order to learn who I really was.  However,  I was really going to need a lot of help from Him  because the prospect of being alone sounded  extemely sad and lonely.  After I wrote this song that evening, I remember laying in bed feeling very much at peace and having this strong awareness of knowing and truly believing that eveything was going to be allright. Shortly after that, I met my soulmate and life long companion.

I have always reached outside myself
placing all of my feelings on a shelf
trying desperately to fill the emptiness within
never knowing just who I am.
Using people and places and things
numbing out all those feelings that sting
I have never looked inside for the comfort that I crave
Cuz I never know just who I am.

Just who I am , I really don't know
Just who I am, to the depth of my soul
But I'm learning and I'm trusting and I'm growing everyday,
There's a Power that's showing me the way.

All of my life I never knew how
to meet my needs or ask for help somehow
I would reach out and stumble then pull away in fear
never knowing just who I am.
For just a while I need to be by myself
I've got to stop using someone outside of myself
to fill the burning and the yearning from the emptiness within
the time has come to know just who I am.

Just who I am, I really don't know
Just who I am, to the depth of my soul
But I'm learning and I'm trusting and I'm growing everyday
There's a Power that's showing me the way.

     And God, I know that You're really there
     And I truly believe that You care
     And someday I'll meet a man, that is part of Your great plan
     And he'll love me for just who I am

Just who I am, I really don't know
Just who I am, to the depth of my soul
But I'm learning and I'm trusting and I'm growing everyday
There's a Power that's showing me the way.
To see who I am, to believe who I am
There's a Power showing me just who I am
And as I'm learning and I'm trusting and I'm growing everyday
I'm begining to know who I am
Thank you God for taking my hand
As you show me just who I am.