A friend posted something this weekend about deep connections through authenticity. Ahh. Yes. Without being our real selves connections are a significant challenge. Someone once said, in a business webinar no less, that being yourself is how your people find you. That, if you are pretending to be someone other than who you really are, your people won’t recognize you. I spent a lifetime trying so hard to be someone other than who I was at my core in order to fit in and find acceptance. Now here just before the bend of 50 I have recognized myself finally. What’s so amazing is that by being my real self … authentically me … the facade of who I thought I was has naturally fallen away, my comfort level with myself has grown by leaps and bounds AND me and my people are naturally coming together. No forcing. No pretending. Just allowing and receiving. What a beautiful thing.❤️.