Why is it so important to be authentic? What’s all the fuss about needing to be our true selves, our best selves, all that we can be, anyway? Why make waves, why upset our lives, why disrupt the status quo?
I think it’s fundamental to trust. How can we trust our intentions for ourselves, for others and for our world, if we are not first authentic to who we are, what we believe in and what we stand for.
The sad reality is that most of us sleepwalk through our lives having given our trust over to “things” that promise happiness, that feel safe. That numbs us against fear.
I know this to be true by how difficult it is for most of us to articulate what it is that we truly want in our lives, what we stand for, what we believe in. How much harder still it is for most of us to build a life from such a place of honesty.
I believe that when we strive to find our authentic selves we are actually looking to find trust in our capacity, trust in our wherewithal, trust in withstanding our fear and moving beyond it, in spite of it.
It’s not only important. It’s everything.
“Bold authenticity is an immediate trust builder.” ~ Lauryn Ballesteros
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