Authenticity

~ Gottfried

Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who you think you’re supposed to be, and embracing who you are. It’s okay to admit that you’re a thief. Authenticity is about imperfection. If you ever want to be entertained, sit back and watch the audacity of others.

What you know matters, but who you are matters more.  Truth is a point of view, but authenticity can’t be faked. I’d rather be labeled as fake for being real, than be praised as real for being fake. The older you get, the more attractive authenticity becomes. You’re just childish.  

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering. I have to be successful because I like expensive things. And if you’re waiting for me to give a shit, pack a big lunch because its going to be a while.

No legacy is so rich as honesty; is something I would say when I become rich. All it takes is one risk taker, authentic to his true crime nature, to rewrite the course of the history for generations. When you show up authentic, you create space for others to do the same. Walk in your truth or crime.

The inner voice has both gentleness and clarity. Clarity without the need for nuts. To get authenticity, you really keep going down the bone, to the honesty, and the inevitability of something. You and I can both agree that posting on your WhatsApp status is attention seeking.  

Details matter. They create depth, and depth creates authenticity. An authentic path may take forever but the moves and impact are forever legendary. Don’t make yourself small for anyone. Be the awkward, funny, intelligent, beautiful weirdo that you are. Don’t hold back!

Weird it out. 

©️ Gottfried. All rights reserved

26 thoughts on “Authenticity”

  1. Ah Yes Mr Gottfried in the Words
    of the ‘Chemical Brothers’ “Don’t Hold
    Back” “Push the Button” and Let the Real You Escape

    True of Course after Some
    Seeking and Finding too
    For the Dr Seuss “No
    One is You’er Than

    You” Yet True Every
    Multi-Un-i-Verse Eye
    of ‘God’ As ‘They’ Dance
    And Sing is Truly Unique to Be

    i AM

    Ever Changing With Every Breath
    We Take New Now Even if We Don’t

    Recognize
    The Constant
    Change We Do

    As the Great Philosopher
    Seagull “Jonathan Livingston
    Seagull” As Related by Richard Bach

    Quipped Ritual Kills the SPiRiT oF FLiGHT

    And as i Often Mention as Well Yes Tradition
    Naturally Excludes The Different like Healing

    Folks On Sunday When the Penalty is Normally
    Getting Stoned ‘Without Weed’ Nah i’m Naturally

    High
    Anyway

    And Everday
    is ‘God’ Friday Now
    Where i CuRReNTly
    BREatHE ALiVE Yes
    Even SuNDaY iN All Day
    Dance And Song to the Max
    of Flow Tween Apathy and Anxiety

    Sweet Spot
    The Authentic
    Soul of me Brings
    FRiEnDS With Gravity

    Just Surfing Life’s Wave in
    Balance From Head to Toe

    And So Much to Give Away Free
    Now Whether or not there are

    Any Recipients of Not

    As ‘They Dance And

    Sing’ Yes Dance

    Like No One is Watching
    Sing Like No One Is Listening

    Yes Even if You Perform for Free
    For Thousands of Folks Ya Meet and
    Greet at the Next County Wide Festival

    Ah Yes
    Dare to
    be me
    Better
    Yet You
    With SMiLes

    Live a Life Impossible
    For Anyone Else to
    Replicate on the

    Big Screen

    Hehe Not

    Even ‘Big Foot’
    ‘ET’ Or ‘Superman’
    Not Even the Nietzsche Version 2.0

    Or the ‘6 MiLLioN Dollar Man’ With Tariffs
    True With Inflation More Like 6 BiiLLioN

    Dollars Now
    “Ka i Ching”

    Such is Life in the
    Big City so i Live
    As Adam And Eve Deep in the Forest
    Currently Do Authentically Us Yes True…:)

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  5. my favourite sentence ” Don’t make yourself small for anyone. Be the awkward, funny, intelligent, beautiful weirdo that you are. Don’t hold back!

    Weird it out.”

    I am a thief, I steal hearts 😌

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  6. This post is a breath of fresh air! I love how you celebrate the awkward, weird, and deeply human parts of us that usually get hidden away. Authenticity really does inspire others to show up honestly.

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