Sue Monk Kidd On Living Our Own Truth

What does being true to yourself mean? Risk, living outside of others expectations -- let us know how you stay true in the comments below!

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Comments

[rforeverfree]

06:53 AM on 07/23/2012

" Be true to yourself and you can be false to no man".

[fruitystus]

03:46 AM on 07/23/2012

For me it involved being self employed so that I was free (available) to act spontaneously and creatively as life unfolds daily. I made an OK but unhappy employee, but a really happy and successful business owner.

[Liesbeth]

10:28 PM on 07/22/2012

I think being true to yourself is knowing what your heart tell you to do plus your mind being clear and healthy

[Mark Helfgott]

08:26 PM on 07/22/2012

Who the F is Sue Monk Kidd and why do pepple pay attention to her? Hey, don't get angry at me. I'm just being true to myself.

[MsMoonpieJD]

04:14 PM on 07/22/2012

Being true to oneself is refusing to stay in the closet.

[darkevolutonary]

12:39 PM on 07/22/2012

Everyone has three faces. There is the version they show everyone else, the version they tell themselves that they are and the version that they really are. Only one of these is real and the others are wishful thinking and usually without any action to change. It is easier to lie about oneself than it is to change oneself. Discover which version is really you, accept it and work on it.

[jf12]

12:33 PM on 07/23/2012

My bet would be that "the version that they really are" is the real version.

I think I'm pretty much the same to everybody everywhere all the time.

[darkevolutonary]

02:08 PM on 07/23/2012

That's great. But most people are not. We all know those people, they tell obvious lies about themselves and act as if no-one knows.