Who are you beneath it all...

“Three things cannot be hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth”

-Buddha

Truth is so fragile, in the sense it is so delicate and vulnerable. At the same time it is so strong and defining, allowing us to embody life.... or death. It's so light; yet so heavy, depending on which end of it you are on.

Speak your truth....even if your voice shakes.

Truth is pliable — able to comfort us, hold us, and wrap around us if we’re willing to let it. But at the same time, truth is rigid. It refuses to bend or break, and it cannot be forced out of your mouth by anyone other than you. 

Even under pressure, you have a choice: live and die with the truth, or live and die with the lie. Your truth is your philosophy. It’s your thoughts, your emotions, your disappointments, your decisions. It’s the beautiful and the ugly, the fragile and the fierce. Truth is everything. It’s who you are, and at the same time, everything you’re not. It’s the mirror of what you may never become, while also being the doorway to what you can become. 

Who you are lives inside your truth — tucked beneath all the opinions, labels, and ideas people place on you. But the real question is: when you strip all that away, and stand face-to-face with yourself… who are you? 

So, what is your truth? What defines you? What confines you? Who were you, before the world told you who to be? Before people placed their opinions and labels on you?

Take time to listen to yourself, to accept and love yourself, to forgive yourself, and then take the time to create your most authentic self. Don’t ever trade your authenticity for approval — when you give people the power to define you, you give them the power to destroy you.

You can be whoever you choose to be, and that will always be enough. The only way to make a difference is to be different. The world could use a you.

"If you aren't living your truth, you are living a lie." - Kay