Being Authentic

One of my favorite mantras is “Let my authenticity shine.”

Authenticity to me is feeling at home with yourself. It is allowing yourself to be free. It is allowing yourself to be spontaneous. It is living your life the way you want to live it and not being worried about what others think.

Many of us live so much of our lives worried about what others think instead of truly living. I have done this for years. I’ve worried about being judged or criticized by others and in turn have given my power away.

Whenever I think of my mortality, I realize how crazy it is to do this. We don’t have that much time on this Earth.  Why should we waste it by being worried about what others think?

Meditation has helped with my authenticity more than anything else. Meditation has allowed me to have more inner peace and be relaxed in social situations. I’ve noticed that when I am relaxed in social situations, that is when I am most open and myself.