Being Your Authentic Self…
We are all unique individuals, like no other and are essentially….incomparable. We are all on our individualized paths of discovery, trying to find our deep rooted self; our soul. In this day and age, it takes diligence and courage to pursue our authenticity, especially in a world that has generally expected us to conform and be complacent while living our little cookie cutter lives. By embracing who we truly are, we can then learn how to be content within ourselves instead of always looking outside of ourselves for others to make us happy. Self-knowledge is one of the key ingredients to becoming and living your authentic life.
How much do you really know about yourself? How much do others really know about you? Some people believe that having a huge home with a picket fence will make them happy while others believe a large stock portfolio will secure their future and make them content. What do you think? What are your passions? What types of things make your heart sing? I believe our self-worth is especially important to consider when contemplating our level of contentedness. Sometimes, our every day “Ah Ha” moments allow us the needed space to discover what it is that truly makes sense in our lives. We are all in that “work in progress” state just waiting and hoping for the big reveal.
Your authentic passions are mysteries that only you can solve. Hopefully over time you will find the keys you need to unlock the doors to your inner self. We need to explore and reconnect to our youthful and innocent imaginations in order to find ourselves. Most of us have forgotten how to have fun and have forgotten what it is like to simply allow ourselves to be happy and content. In a world fraught with “busyness, angst, stress, schedules, deadlines, should haves, could haves and would haves, everyone seems to be on the big hamster wheel in the sky and never arriving at their ultimate destination.
Take some time for yourself and gather insight into your inner child and you will discover a whole new world available to you. Your reunion with your soul self will be exhilarating and extremely rewarding. Take responsibility for your own life and make it what you want it to be, not what others have planned for you. In the process, you will slowly begin to discover your authenticity.