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“But….”\u00a0 she asked,\u00a0 “… Is it Authentic?”<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Then, with the heaviness of strongman’s barbell…..\u00a0 the curator of the museum glared over the top of his glasses.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

“Madam.”\u00a0 He replied with all the\u00a0condescendence he could muster,\u00a0 “Who is to say what IS… and what is NOT authentic.”<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Ahhhhh.\u00a0 Scenes from an Art Museum.\u00a0 Just like a great sandwich.\u00a0 Crusty on the outside… but really meaty on the inside.<\/p>\n

So once again, The Mona Lisa brings me to ask this.\u00a0\u00a0 Just what does it mean to be authentic.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

As the dictionary gives it to us:<\/p>\n

Authentic is an adjective…. which means….”something” of undisputed origin; genuine.\u00a0 OR …. made or done in the traditional or original way …. OR…. based on facts; accurate or reliable.<\/p>\n

But what about life.\u00a0 Our lives? I think Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we THINK we\u2019re supposed to be….. and embracing who we are. We can choose authenticity… if we want to.\u00a0 It can make us feel hopeful… and also a little nervous… at the same time.<\/p>\n

We feel hopeful because being real is something we value. And nervous?\u00a0 Well… choosing authenticity is a huge undertaking. Choosing authenticity means….. that we have to have courage enough to be imperfect and be okay with it.\u00a0 We also have to allow ourselves to be vulnerable, all the while… knowing how to set boundaries.<\/p>\n

It also means exercising compassion.\u00a0 We are all in this together… all alike.\u00a0 This\u00a0 comes from knowing that we are all made of both strength and personal struggle. Whole hearted love for ourselves….. and others.\u00a0\u00a0 Practicing authenticity is a part of our soul-searching in life.<\/p>\n

But it is one way we can find true respect, happiness and grace.<\/p>\n

The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.\u00a0 —\u00a0 Buddha<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“But….”\u00a0 she asked,\u00a0 “… Is it Authentic?” Then, with the heaviness of strongman’s barbell…..\u00a0 the curator of the museum glared over the top of his glasses. “Madam.”\u00a0 He replied with all the\u00a0condescendence he could muster,\u00a0 “Who is to say what IS… and what is NOT authentic.” Ahhhhh.\u00a0 Scenes from an Art Museum.\u00a0 Just like a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nowyouseeit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=415"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":424,"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415\/revisions\/424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}