The Cost of Authenticity
When Your Authenticity Creates Discomfort There comes a moment in life when you realise that you can no longer shrink yourself just to make other people comfortable. So you begin to speak honestly, y ou stop pretending, y ou set boundaries and y ou honour what God has placed inside of you. You show up as your whole self — not the version of you that has been carefully edited to fit into someone else's expectations. However sometimes, your authenticity makes people uncomfortable. That discomfort can leave you questioning yourself. Am I too much? Did I say something wrong? Should I have handled it differently? Maybe I should just keep quiet. Perhaps the discomfort isn't always a sign that something is wrong with you. Sometimes it is simply revealing that something has changed — within you, around you or in the space you're standing in. Just remember this: You were never created to fit everywhere. We spend so much of our lives trying to belong. We adjust our personalities, sil...
