#topic: authenticity

[tayfabe75]

"All of my flaws and all the things that make me up are part of who I am. It’s about honesty and everything that encompasses: fragility, neuroses, getting it wrong. I stand for being an ambassador of that kind of honesty."

February 26, 2016: Matty talks about the importance of honesty in his art. (source)

[paradisemaybe]

Free yourself from the prison that is being nice to any and everybody because you fear their disapproval more than you value your authenticity.

Inspired by this tweet

[quest-for-eunoia]

March 07. 2020.

I think that I am an honest person. I think that I care about the feelings of my friends and those around me. I am trying to learn how to balance these two things. I want to be authentic to myself by not shoving down my thoughts and feelings anymore. But it seems so difficult when the truth, no matter how delicately put, will cause someone I care about to feel negatively. Then I will feel bad, and any positivity felt by being true and honest will be gone. However, I think it is a better alternative than building resentment or lying. I am also considering that maybe I shouldn’t feel bad about it. If I speak my truth in a kind way, maybe that is all I can do. Their insecurities are their own to deal with, and not something I would be trying to protect them from. I don’ t like to walk on eggshells, I just want to figure out how to not feel too badly about breaking them.