Which aspects do you think makes a person unique?

For me, an aspect of being unique is celebrating and living our life with true authenticity.

I remember the time I realized that so many of us are walking a path others have defined for us. Like cattle, we are all just go along with the herd.

I was examining my beliefs and read something that really resonated with me. I don’t remember what they said per say but I remember the point. They talked about studying everything we do from the small decisions we make in our lives to the larger and more engrained beliefs in society.

We have all grown up with ideas, customs, rituals, beliefs and you name it, shoved down our throats from the time we were born. Some were well intentioned and others not.  From loved ones, schools, the media, religions, government and others.

The point is to look at it all under a microscope and then ask if it serves us.  It’s a stepping out of the box and thinking for ourselves. It’s kind of like unlearning everything that we were taught and then deciding who we are and what we want. We get to decide what we allow into our lives and what we let go of.

Living an authentic life is a practice of being uniquely ourselves. But first we need to listen within to determine who that is.