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Five Truths About Being Your Authentic Self
Freedom is being yourself in a world that wants you to be other things.
Becoming your authentic self in a world that often imposes its own standards can indeed be a difficult battle.
Society has a way of telling us how to live our lives. It tries to hand us an unwritten rules on how we should look and behave, including what our dreams should be.
Most people buy into the narrative and succumb to the pressure to fit in. In the process, they start living a life that’s alien to them while ignoring their own deepest soul desires.
But there comes a time when it becomes unfulfilling to keep living the alien life society imposed on you and you want to be your true self.
That’s when you start letting go the person society thinks you should be and start embracing who you truly are. That’s when you start living according to your own rules.
This is not an easy task. It takes a lot of courage to go against the grain and be different.
However, to live in harmony with your authentic self, there are harsh truths you need to know and keep close to your heart.
