You and What Army? Redefining Self and Community

We are capable of giving ourselves 100% within a culture of conformity to others. Our attention to who we truly are can help to separate truth from fiction and allow for us to walk together with others in a path toward self-actualization. By extension then, when we recognize that others are walking in their truth, we can come to appreciate their authenticity and diversity. Like a highway, diversity represents the lanes of commute. When we provide smooth pavements for our community, there is no incentive to gatekeep those whom we think should reach their destination/truth while leaving others to stand on the shoulder of the road. We can easily coordinate and emancipate others so that they can reach and experience their truth.

When we rob ourselves of digging deep to identify and grow in our authentic self, we rob ourselves of exploring. We are our own inventors, authors, power beings, etc. We can't be afraid of the unknown and uninvited pressures from society. We cannot allow our beings to be dictated by what we've been preconditioned to be by circumstances, culture, and more.