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Trust yourself and live
“As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.” — Wolfgang von Goethe
This is timeless wisdom from Goethe.
Being true to yourself
To trust yourself is to believe in yourself; it is the start of becoming who you are meant to be.
In a world where people are exhorted to be someone they are not, being true to yourself is a form of self-care.
People tend to do what everyone else is doing because they want to look good and be respected. As social creatures we compare ourselves to others, and we have an innate need to fit in and “play the game”.
However by being yourself, and doing your own thing, you can express your individual truth with authenticity and thereby evolve as a person.
“The true and durable path into and through experience involves being true to the actual givens of your lives. True to your own solitude, true to your own secret knowledge. Because oddly enough, it is that intimate, deeply personal knowledge that links us most vitally and keeps us most reliably connected to one another.” — Seamus Heaney
Taking responsibility
Trusting yourself has nothing to do with selfishness, in fact it is the opposite. Healthy individualism is about taking…
