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Speaking Your Truth
Speaking your truth opens you up to being your truest, most genuine self
Speaking your truth is an incredible source of positivity.
A lot of people may find this hard to believe, but that makes it no less true. When you speak your truth, you open yourself up because you are being your most true, genuine self.
While it can be scary to show the world who you are by speaking your truth, it is unbelievably freeing. This is because in speaking your truth, you take away the masks, the veils, the cloaks, and all other devices under which you may have hidden your true self.
Just to clarify — speaking your truth is very specific to you being you. It is showing your true colors and thoughts to not just the world at large, but also and ultimately to yourself. Speaking your truth is judgmental of nobody, nor intentionally hurtful to anyone — it is you being true about who you are.
What this involves is not hiding behind a persona you believe others expect of you. It is about wearing your own face, being who you are, and not hiding it for fear of reprisal, judgment, or anything else.
For example, let’s say you hide your gender from the world. You present what you think the world expects of you, but that is not who you are. Speaking your truth would be opening yourself to being the truest you…
