by Merci Gracia | Oct 1, 2011 | Authenticity, Self-Awareness
Are you identified with your possessions, position, looks, or talents? There’s an easy way to tell if you are. Just imagine yourself without them. How does it feel? All these things can be taken away. Develop that which can’t be. Internal wealth....
by Merci Gracia | Sep 21, 2011 | Authenticity, Fear
Authentic achievement can bring great joy and satisfaction. However, when goals are compulsively driven by the fear of not being good enough, your driver will take you on a wild goose chase. You know it’s authentic when you’re doing it for the love of it....
by Merci Gracia | Sep 20, 2011 | Authenticity, Self-Awareness, Truth, Understanding
Any need to see yourself as special comes from a wound of inadequacy. If you weren’t feeling insufficient in some way, you wouldn’t need to see others as less-than. If you think you’re special, realize it’s a gift showing you a wound. Feel it...
by Merci Gracia | Sep 16, 2011 | Authenticity, Joy, Natural, Perception, Present moment, Self-Awareness, Understanding
Life won’t really be satisfying until you get in touch with your authenticity. How do your do that? Don’t believe what you think about yourself. It’s almost all constructed from bits and pieces of feedback you’ve heard from others. The real you...
by Merci Gracia | Sep 12, 2011 | Authenticity, Fear, Self-Awareness, Truth
Notice when you feel inadequate, insufficient or unworthy. It’s just unconscious habits of fearful thinking causing this. Trying to buck yourself up will only bring temporary relief. Becoming consciously aware of these feelings and thoughts will expose the...
by Merci Gracia | Sep 4, 2011 | Authenticity, Balance, Truth
Every time you don’t tell the truth, you set yourself apart from your authentic Self and go a little out of balance. If your life feels chaotic and confusing, look where you aren’t being completely honest about how you really feel. Telling the truth...