Who are we when we stop running?

As I'm sitting here, I'm asking myself the following questions: "Who are we if we're not running? Who are we behind our business? And are we still valuable?" If someone were to ask me these questions, I would answer with a big YES! I would say, "Of course you're still valuable, even if you're not doing anything." And even though I know this, I still sit here at my desk asking myself the exact same question. Am I still valuable if I am not productive? Who am I behind my performance? My productivity?

I guess it's a question many people run away from, afraid of the answers that could come up. Because if we stop, if we hold on for a second, if we breathe, then what's left? It will just be us, our mind, our soul, and our body, whether we like it or not. And this can be scary and beautiful at the same time. Because many people don't know who they truly are. Do I know who I truly am? Sometimes I'd say yes, and then in other moments I think, "I know so little about myself." And what is right or wrong? Who is here to judge, and how do they know? Are they not also just living for the first time?

Okay, many questions and many thoughts put together in one email. Welcome to my brain.