THE AUTHENTIC YOU

Here’s a question for you – I believe that God created each of us to be unique, a ‘one of a kind’ person, so why is it that so many spend so much time trying to be somebody else?

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that we cannot learn from each other, that is something different, but to copy, imitate, look like, sound like somebody else is way beyond learning.

The word authentic means true or genuine and that is what we expect from the things around us. Ask a Ferrari enthusiast if he wants a genuine one or a look-alike, or is a genuine rose from a lover better than a plastic one? So why do so many not apply the same principle to themselves?

It is so much better to be a first rate you than a second-rate copy of someone else, no matter how good that copy may be.

You have your own value, you have your own worth, so value it, value you. It will change how people see you and interact with you- for the better. You are not an actor playing a character in someone else’s drama, this is your life, be in it authentically.

I once heard someone say that the word beautiful means ‘be-you-to-the-full.’

So, embrace your ‘youness’ and see how you become full and fulfilled.

Terri Codd MCF Corporate Training & Life Coach: 076 751 3556: coddterri@gmail.com: terri@m-c-f.co.za: terricodd.blogspot.com