Authenticity is a challenge. Our journey in finding our own authentic self is laced with challenges. We make a mess of relationships as we don’t understand where the dissatisfaction with life is coming from. Are we the origin of the dysfunctions in our relationships, or are we the ones misunderstood?
We teeter-totter between struggles of independence/dependence- the yin/yang. We struggle with understanding how much we want to give and how much we need to hold back for ourselves. The question to ask ourselves is: Am I giving from an authentic loving place or am I acting from other’s expectations of me. When we haven't taken time to unmask myself to live authentically and opened my heart to unconditional love we don't know.
The journey of life, over time has proven to be challenging for everyone as at our core we are tribal beings. We want a sense of belonging but that belonging can’t come at the sacrifice of the self. The drop of water must come into full awareness of its self, of its greatness to exist in its glory then it must surrender to the ocean to realize it is a mere drop in the ocean. The ocean is a vast deep place where the drop rises and falls with the tides, with the moon and lives through such depths of existence that the ocean has to offer. In a similar sense we as humans need to realize we are sovereign yet we are part of a collective where how we come together has an impact on each other's lives. Awareness of our individual power and collective strength is the key.