So what does it mean to 'find your authentic self'? My perspective is that it is to dig deeply to the core to reveal that which you are. To hold true to that. After struggling through my 34th year, I feel that like my waterlily, I have blossomed after years of struggling upwards through the muck, water and cross currents. I am ready to discover that authentic self and ask myself the difficult questions and face the answers.
"It requires the courage to ask yourself the hard questions and be completely honest with yourself about what is truly important to you in life and how you can live your Highest Good. It's following your heart's wisdom, living your Truth, and being real in every sense."
I think I am ready for this. Many transitions have begun leaving me feeling scared and unsettled, yet in simple moments (like when I was walking the dog on the trail) I have felt supremely centred and ready for taking this new path. One such moment of nerves occurred at my first class last night. It is a course that I will commit significant amounts of time to for the next 40 or so weeks, and officially marks my intent to leave teaching and start a new career path. I felt terrified by the committment, the hours, the weeks.... yet when we came back to class and I listened to fellow classmates reasons for being there I was inspired. I was surrounded by the kind of people I knew would build me up with themselves. There was positivity. The prof and program coordinator was one I both admire and feel inspired by. I knew then that the fear was of taking the first step on a new path, not of the course itself. The fear of the unknown and what this trail might reveal. I am committing to the following as I strive towards living authentically-- in the purpose and reason for my existence--
- FIND THE ROOT
- MANAGE AROUND THE FEAR
- DROP SELF-DOUBT
- APPRECIATE YOUR UNIQUENESS
- STOP STRUGGLING
- ENJOY THE MOMENT
- TAKE TIME
- STAND UP FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE
- SIMPLIFY
- SPEND MORE TIME IN NATURE.
