What does it mean to be authentic? I know that I’ve caught myself playing roles many times. I have had some image of who I’m supposed to be and then I’ve tried to live up to that image, both in my lifestyle and in how I’ve interacted with other people. And on some level I’ve felt like a phony because of it.
How often do we take a step back and think of who we really, truly desire to be? What is our true, authentic self? Maybe you become more authentic by not thinking about these things and just trying to not care who you are in the eyes of others? Who we are in the eyes of others most certainly differ greatly from who we are in the eyes of ourselves anyway.
I was blind to my own inauthenticity for most of my life. When I look back at my life, it’s quite embarrassing to think of how desperate I was to make other believe that I was in this or that way. And eventually reality hit me in the face, and I had to re-evaluate everything about me. What I’ve realized is that in order to truly find out who I am, I’ve had to stop wishing and wanting to be someone that I’m not. A question that presents itself is: Have I been aiming too high or too low?
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