if it was easy to truly be yourself

to move as freely and as naturally as you did when you were a child

before a lifetime of conditioning determined your moves

then everyone would be doing it

but they’re not

because it actually takes effort to live in integrity

which is crazy because it takes no effort to be yourself

it’s the most natural thing in the world

but to contend with all the illusory add ons you created along the way in lieu of being you

while in a family and in a world you chose to shrink yourself for

THAT is the hardest work there is

until

of course

it’s not

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