First become alone. First start enjoying yourself. First love yourself. First become so authentically happy that if nobody comes it doesn't matter; you are full, overflowing. If nobody knocks at your door it is perfectly okay; you are not missing. You are not waiting for someone to come and knock at the door. You are at home. If somebody comes: good-beautiful. If nobody comes that too is beautiful and good.
The more you focus on connection the more free you are on one hand and the more free you can be because the child does feel authentically connected to their destiny.
There's no authoritarian structure at Reed College, but the education is conservative. So what you have is a lot of students who are very authentically looking for truth.
You can't mobilize people and connect with them authentically when they can't see the true you.
I think that as a Christian, we're to be a light in this world. I think it's almost like saying "Christian American," it doesn't mean that I'm not American, it just means that I'm distinctly and authentically Christian as much as I am American.
A 'mistake' is beside the point, for once anything happens it authentically is.
Authenticity is fundamental, more fundamental than spiritual enlightenment. Without authenticity, no genuine spiritual enlightenment is possible. Authenticity is the state of being committed to truth. Truth is simple. And no matter how simply a truth is stated, only those who have walked the path of understanding and evolution on their own can know and understand it authentically. The path of truth is the path least traveled. Authenticity is the clarity of being in which there is no self-deceit.
Our obligation to others and a gift to ourselves is to acknowledge and authentically express genuine appreciation for courtesies, caring and concern others have given us.
When God's Word is deliberately internalized, it will be authentically externalized because it's no longer what we do - it's part of who we are.
Who you are authentically is alright.
Live authentically. Live your truth. And if you love me for anything, love me because I live mine.
I'm not going to change myself because I think it'll make somebody like me more. And in terms of being a business, I've found that when you're always in the people-pleasing mode, that's the easiest way to lose control of your brand's DNA. I want to sit across from someone who's authentically who they are, even if they're not my personal cup of tea. It's still more comforting than being across from someone who's making moves to please other people!
Our pain is a part of who we authentically are.
We must be our own authentically unique truth, and question who we are, what created us, and what processes within us are alien and externally created.
Your core values are the deeply held beliefs that authentically describe your soul.
The only way to become authentically powerful is to create authentic power. You cannot wish, want, or command authentic power into your life, although you can try.
To reach your goal authentically is probably, in the end, going to mean much more to you than having reached it in a false way.
I'm a folk preacher. A folk therapist. A folk musician. I come from authentically that which is of my experience. Therefore, the music is strictly from the soul, strictly improvisational.
An authentically eucharistic Church is a missionary Church. . . Truly, nothing is more beautiful than to know Christ and to make him known to others.
In truth, the more we lean into life, the more we authentically interact with the world, the brighter our flame.