“Waking up to who you are requires letting go of who you imagine yourself to be.”
~Alan Watts
You need to be YOU.
Unabashedly, shamelessly, wonderfully, completely transparently, authentically you.
Why?
People relate to people. They’ll relate to a real human being, telling their story, living their life, and sharing it in a creative, amusing, entertaining, and truthful way. That way, they get to come along on the journey.
“Be yourself, everyone else is taken.”
~Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde was a smart man, and he knew what he was talking about when he said this.
To be yourself you have to take risks, to accept that you are not perfect, and to be courageous enough to say what you think. People will love you for it. It takes a huge amount of bravery to be original instead of a pointless replication of someone else.
What if someone is a jerk to other people? Is it okay for them to just be themselves and go on being a jerk to everyone? How about people who are fearful of being around others and live a hermit-like life, avoiding people?
Just be yourself. The person who is a jerk to others and the person who is afraid of social situations are, in actuality, not being themselves. Their real self is just being covered up with conditioned, fear-based thinking.
Our true self is who we are when we let go of all of the stories, labels, and judgments that we have placed upon ourselves. It is who we naturally are without the masks and pretentiousness.
It is who we are when we let fall to the floor the cloak of other people’s stuff that we have taken on.
Everything else that we claim to be when we say, “This is who I am!” is only a story.
“Be who you are, and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.”
~Dr. Seuss
While it’s not for me to tell you what your “special sauce” is, you do need to find it and then cook up a fantastic recipe.
AND ENJOY BEING WHAT YOU ARE!
– SAKSHI
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