There’s so much talk about keeping it real, keeping it 100, being your true authentic self – what does any of it mean? Really.
In a world where everything is changing by the nano second, shouldn’t you? If you’re keeping up with the times and going with the flow, wouldn’t your true authentic self be different today than it was last year? Last month? Yesterday?
Who’s the judge of what’s real and not? In this cyber society is the persona you portray on social media, your dating profile, your blog – authentically you? Or is it your alter ego, or the person you’re yearning to grow into as shown on your new vision, vision board?
When we pull back the curtain of your facade is it you we see or is it Richard Pryor masquerading as the great oz?
Is it wrong to want to be more than, or greater than, wiser than, prettier than …the reflection we see in the mirror?
When you look in the mirror who do you see? Is it you? Is it the you you are today or the you you hope to be?
When I look in the mirror I just see me. Just me. Just Robin. And that my dears, is enough.
Don’t let these images of kittens looking in mirrors seeing lions scare you into thinking you need to be more than you already are. Letting fakebook fairytale relationships leave you lonely. Or fictitious overnight billion dollar success stories make you feel like a failure. Who you are today is ENOUGH.
Sure, positive self-talk and affirmations and vision boards are helpful in getting you to that next level. But don’t let it guilt you to the point of ineffectiveness that you’re afraid to have a genuine thought; a human experience where you may trip or stumble. It is not the end of the world. Keep it 100 and keep it moving.
Sometimes I think I’ve lost my true authentic self in my quest to apply the five agreements (it’s no longer four – I need you to catch up please); ask myself those four questions before I say something (is it kind, true, necessary, whatever); and inhale deeply/exhale slowly. Wanting to be a new me in the new year, every year is exhausting and might be unnecessary. Sure, it’s good to improve where improvement is needed but whatever happened to contentment? When do we learn to be content with who we are, where we are, today? That’s being authentic.
Ben Okri says, “The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.”
On those days when I look in the mirror searching for my ‘real’ self, I see it’s just me; Just Robin, relentlessly on my authentic mission to be love and spread love – starting with me and ending with you.
Keeping it real.
Just Robin
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