Kyle, I responded to your original post with, "Amen." Now, after your video, I feel compelled to share the synchronicity and timing of your Authenticity posting. Recently, my most trusted confidant of several decades voiced in pointed detail everything about me they disapprove of and it blindsided me. Upon much reflection, I decided choose myself over the time it would take to defend who I am and have not looked back. I am surprisingly at peace with what others might see as being alone, but I see it as being "authentically" me. Thanks again for putting yourself out there.
Thanks Kyle, I read the article from this video. I'm glad you are being authentic.
I know there was another "gart" this weekend. I was never able to attend any, and it now seems to me to be just a way for some people to get a free vacation and sell more merch. I don't have anything against Jon, and I like and respect almost all his contributors and show hosts. But ......
Hey Kyle, read your essay earlier and love that you came back with an audio/video to read and talk about it. Thanks. I am going through a lot of changes and hopefully for the better. And there is this feeling of guilt along the way that enlightenment also means not only guard against my old way of negative thinking but to the point I am overly careful and almost even more afraid of self expression - because, hey, it isn't always agreeable, as you said. So, a big thank you.
Thank you for writing your essay and for reading it. Your voice “rang true” with every word, clear and resonant. The vibration carried so much additional meaning for me. Authentic can be a nebulous concept but as usual you grab the essence of something and put it into words.
The most important question I ask myself on a regular basis in different situations is “is this me”? How I answer it has proven to me at least to be a powerful guide to being “authentic”.
I live by integrity. I am a husband and a dad to two boys. Falling short of both being authentic and having integrity would bother me. Thanks for your writing. We need reminders of what we NEED to do.
Kyle, I responded to your original post with, "Amen." Now, after your video, I feel compelled to share the synchronicity and timing of your Authenticity posting. Recently, my most trusted confidant of several decades voiced in pointed detail everything about me they disapprove of and it blindsided me. Upon much reflection, I decided choose myself over the time it would take to defend who I am and have not looked back. I am surprisingly at peace with what others might see as being alone, but I see it as being "authentically" me. Thanks again for putting yourself out there.
Thanks Kyle, I read the article from this video. I'm glad you are being authentic.
I know there was another "gart" this weekend. I was never able to attend any, and it now seems to me to be just a way for some people to get a free vacation and sell more merch. I don't have anything against Jon, and I like and respect almost all his contributors and show hosts. But ......
Great essay, brother. I sent to both of my teenage children for a great life lesson!
Hey Kyle, read your essay earlier and love that you came back with an audio/video to read and talk about it. Thanks. I am going through a lot of changes and hopefully for the better. And there is this feeling of guilt along the way that enlightenment also means not only guard against my old way of negative thinking but to the point I am overly careful and almost even more afraid of self expression - because, hey, it isn't always agreeable, as you said. So, a big thank you.
Thank you for writing your essay and for reading it. Your voice “rang true” with every word, clear and resonant. The vibration carried so much additional meaning for me. Authentic can be a nebulous concept but as usual you grab the essence of something and put it into words.
The most important question I ask myself on a regular basis in different situations is “is this me”? How I answer it has proven to me at least to be a powerful guide to being “authentic”.
I live by integrity. I am a husband and a dad to two boys. Falling short of both being authentic and having integrity would bother me. Thanks for your writing. We need reminders of what we NEED to do.