Reverie
Feb 10, 2025

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I think there is the art of discernment about whether there is authenticity in one's own actions, vs need to control others' actions.

You can be authentic about your own feelings, your own desires to act certain ways, your own ways of showing up in the world, how you respond to things.

Even if those ways trigger others, if all you are doing is simply existing as yourself, then people being uncomfortable is a sign you aren't right for each other.

But if other people's way of being, speaking and showing up as THEIR authentic self, is what triggers you, and you feel the need to change them or tell them why they're wrong, then it's likely a place where silence and just walking away can still preserve both your authenticity and theirs.

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Reverie
Reverie

Written by Reverie

“The nature of our immortal lives is in the consequences of our words and deeds” — Cloud Atlas

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