Today you are you, that is truer than true.

I recently was introduced to a lady by the name of Brene Brown (minus the little accent mark above the e), and I strongly believe that she should be everyone's friend or therapist... anything. I'm in the middle of reading 'The Gifts of Imperfection' - she has studied shame and related topics and talks about living authentically in your own life. Realizing that in trying to be perfect is where shame lies, because 'perfect' is unattainable. It's such simple stuff but so hard to practice doing. It's so easy to get caught up in other people's views of us and how that makes us feel or feel like we can never fall apart because we want everyone to see us as though we have it ALL together. If you ever get the chance to read it, DO. It makes me feel like I have the permission to just BE MYSELF.

It's refreshing and genius. It's the way you're supposed to live your life. Believe in your own opinions and feelings. It's an empowering feeling to let go of the constraints of popularity and majority. Scary at times... but liberating. Kind of like the way I felt when I recently CHOPPED off my hair :) When my wonderful hair dresser snipped the hair above my ear, I 'bout puked. I was frozen! But when we were done, it had turned out better than fabulous - I knew I had found 'my' haircut. Freaking liberating.

Life can be amazing when you let yourself show. The true you. The real you. God made you YOU for a reason... why should we second guess his creation? Thank nuts He's a forgiver, because it seems kind of insulting if you ask me!

In trying to decide whether I should make this new undertaking of mine (blog) public knowledge, I went to a woman that I respect. She, too, has a blog but is also a very successful career woman and mother of two. I asked how you face that fear of letting other people know you are putting your honest thoughts and opinions down and telling everyone 'Hey! Come and look how good I think I am!' And of course, being the smarty pants this educated gal is, she brought in the big hitter... Brene Brown.

We can only be creative and free from the restraints of perfectionism when we stop competing and just let ourselves be.

Just let ourselves be. It's a beautiful, wonderful thought.