This is no April Fools, although I love lighthearted tricks that make me laugh.....but this is real. Authenticity. Authentic Existence. Being true to oneself. Being yourself. A subject really delved into by existentialist philosophers and now in recent years we have a newer phrase "Authentic Living" and life coaches who help others get back on track to their path of self discovery and living the life they are happiest living. I found a fun bit on Wiki How that I would like to share and discuss. The platform for cultivating Small Sun Seeds starts with being true to yourself. We are all different people connected to one another trying to accomplish all different goals. Really being true to ourselves leads to happiness and satisfaction which spreads because if you are genuinely happy you will act that way in the world. Others will feel it and they will want to know how to get it. So..... #1
Oscar Wilde once said with his usual wit:
Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.
As humorous as this might seem, it's a basic summation of the truth. Yet, you can't be yourself if you don't know, understand, and accept yourself first. It should be your primary goal to find this out. Find the time to dwell upon what you value and take time to consider what makes up the essence of who you are. As part of this, contemplate your life and choices.
Remember that the definition of YOU is ever changing as well. Who we are today is not who we were yesterday or who we will be tomorrow. Look at what you have done in the past and make a list of things you have accomplished and things you have not liked. Did you have the feeling of being forced in a certain direction? Sometimes as children we feel pressures to be a certain way or have interest in certain things. Once you are an adult it is ENTIRELY up to you. Look at the things on your list that you like.
DO MORE OF THOSE!! Really, do more of those. You will eventually find your tribe.
Set the intention.
Start to shift.
Cultivate.
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