tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21434337.post196276580203837076..comments2023-06-28T12:56:54.578+01:00Comments on More to Me: authenticitymeghanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06041527732133374839noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21434337.post-28396459034487861102021-04-22T12:18:28.451+01:002021-04-22T12:18:28.451+01:00Worth Appreciating. Great work.Worth Appreciating. Great work.Rakhinationwidehttps://www.rakhinationwide.com/australia/only-rakhinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21434337.post-3857963382402881442020-10-22T13:40:40.336+01:002020-10-22T13:40:40.336+01:00Great Job Buddy!!Great Job Buddy!!Oven Fresh Cakehttps://www.ovenfreshcake.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21434337.post-90586410565246515932020-03-11T11:08:39.125+00:002020-03-11T11:08:39.125+00:00Great information. Thanks!Great information. Thanks!Nipponhttps://www.nipponflorist.jp/mothers-daynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21434337.post-9460103362272597692009-12-11T22:27:02.314+00:002009-12-11T22:27:02.314+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21434337.post-41627868516725038852009-05-05T16:19:00.000+01:002009-05-05T16:19:00.000+01:00Wow, I remember when I started my blog, I had to c...Wow, I remember when I started my blog, I had to confront things like this, and I never saw it coming! <br />I wanted to be able to write as beautifully and with the kind of depth that other bloggers possessed. I worried all the time that I wouldn't be interesting enough, creative enough, etc, unless it was just like the blogs that I admired. And as time passed, I became more and more clear about what I wanted my blog to be and how I wanted to express myself. I realised that it wouldn't be a pouring of words as much as a sharing of images...with a few words tucked in. And I feel good about following my heart. It feels authentic.<br />And your blog has always felt authentic to me. I can see your personality shine through your words. <br />You are adored, dear Meg.<br />xoxoxJaimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04803308252202460126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21434337.post-28469875281393279632009-05-04T04:19:00.000+01:002009-05-04T04:19:00.000+01:00just meeting you - omg - wonderful post! nice to ...just meeting you - omg - wonderful post! nice to sit and read you tonight from Colorado. I'll be back to visit again. Good following of friends - makes me smile across my face.Renee Howellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13813098198387246353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21434337.post-41446208588805406682009-05-03T18:54:00.000+01:002009-05-03T18:54:00.000+01:00I'm not sure if anyone will come back to read this...I'm not sure if anyone will come back to read this but thank you everyone for your thought-full comments. I loved reading your takes on authenticity. And Dear Marina from Australia - thank you for your sweet comments and YES, DO start a blog! It's scary at first, but the connections you make and the changes you'll feel are more than worth the fear!<br /><br />xomeghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06041527732133374839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21434337.post-58432554017026387682009-05-03T03:10:00.000+01:002009-05-03T03:10:00.000+01:00i just love you. i wish i could give you a big hu...i just love you. i wish i could give you a big hug. i can't even tell you how grateful i am to have a friend like you.Jessiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10377814945121401007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21434337.post-9633321778068274522009-05-02T14:47:00.000+01:002009-05-02T14:47:00.000+01:00i feel just sharing yourself
in your own voice wit...i feel just sharing yourself<br />in your own voice with your<br />own desires and fears and<br />curiousities and passions<br /><br />when they are y o u<br /><br />are felt and resonate<br /><br />so beautifully<br /><br />you can feel it<br /><br />i feel you<br /><br />you are fresh and so so so<br /><br />stunningly<br /><br />m e g<br /><br />:)madelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10602912449241639436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21434337.post-26183615389005129872009-05-02T04:07:00.000+01:002009-05-02T04:07:00.000+01:00Hi Megg ... my name is Marina from Australia and I...Hi Megg ... my name is Marina from Australia and I have been reading your blog for a long time now, but have always been too nervous to reply, even tho there have been many pieces you have written that have just touched a chord with me.(resonated:)) Today, I just had to put 'finger to keyboard' and explain my AHA moment...it's this word authentic ... I have always said that I love a person who is honest... but I don't think that really explained it enough...I love people who are 'authentic' ... they are themselves... honest...no pretenses ...not afraid of being themselves. Thankyou for your blog... it truly enriches my life and others and oneday, just maybe... I will be courageous enough to start one of my own:)<br />Kindest Wishes<br />MarinaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21434337.post-84719414363128185472009-05-02T00:22:00.000+01:002009-05-02T00:22:00.000+01:00This IS a great post to make one think... I agree ...This IS a great post to make one think... I agree with many of these thoughts in answer, here.<br /><br />I think being authentic comes mostly from being willing to allow people not to like you, or be happy with you or your truth. I think a lot of it has to do with being okay with maybe being "alone" with yourself...Thinking of it like that, I think maybe some facts of my life were a gift to me in this way-- the constant moving, the needing to save energy for survival and self-protection, the crazy all around...I don't think I had energy to "pretend". What was, was. What is, is. Why not just be who you are, and if people don't like it, move one. Move on. Life is short.<br /><br />For the record, I have always thought of YOU as very "authentic". I love your blog, because you are honest in your thoughts and journey. I appreciate that very much. ;)<br /><br />:)Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04680903854519503303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21434337.post-24432339209795580172009-05-01T06:47:00.000+01:002009-05-01T06:47:00.000+01:00Incredible...It has taken me years and years...but...Incredible...It has taken me years and years...but I think I am getting to that which is really 'me'...<br /><br />Thanks for this post Megg...<br /><br />xoxoenchantedartisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14313891229819372088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21434337.post-44693994858999077562009-04-30T23:42:00.000+01:002009-04-30T23:42:00.000+01:00Loving this post and leaning with you. For me, it ...Loving this post and leaning with you. For me, it took entering my forties to have enough courage to speak from my true voice. I had the truth in me earlier, and spent countless years learning more truth, but the voice, in the form of my blog,as one example, emerged when I cared less for the opinions of the world. <br /><br />Thank you for your sweet comment. :)Gracielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02190470617823300313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21434337.post-68941870796398402502009-04-30T10:09:00.000+01:002009-04-30T10:09:00.000+01:00I think being authentic is just another way of say...I think being authentic is just another way of saying sense of identity. Which, to me, just means taking off the masks that we all have put on at one time or another and finding out what our personal belief system is and what we stand for ~ which is a continuous journey. When we are willing to get naked as it were and remove the masks is when we start to find our integrity. Removing these masks is what makes us vulnerable, but also after time more fearless.<br /><br />For some it happens sooner than for others. I am just now taking my masks off at 40. So to answer your question, I think it's both. We are all individual thinkers so we all possess an authentic quality, we just have to learn that it is there for us to reveal and bring to the forefront.Stacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05685860645425953039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21434337.post-44673709603975553282009-04-30T05:52:00.000+01:002009-04-30T05:52:00.000+01:00This made me think. I like that...first visit to ...This made me think. I like that...first visit to you through Susannah's post today. <br /><br />Authenticity... I think this is something that all of us have within us, but it's how we choose to use it, evoke it, display it...as to what makes each one of us original and authentic. <br /><br />I am still growing in to my authenticity at age 41. What may qualify as authentic to me, may be completely different to someone else. I do like the thought of that though since individuality plays such a large role in how I coexist with people in my life. <br /><br />I believe I could continue on these thoughts for quite some time tonight.. but I will end with thanking you for leaving me with such grand, inspiring thoughts before I fall asleep. <br /><br />I look forward to visiting your words again very soon....Jennifer Whitehttp://www.wishfulthinking.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21434337.post-53361223868523619472009-04-30T04:10:00.000+01:002009-04-30T04:10:00.000+01:00Megg this is such an interesting post. There have ...Megg this is such an interesting post. There have times I have judged others by their actions, but now I try to pull back and see the big picture and know that we all want the same thing...to be loved. I think the path to authenticity is a continous journey.<br /><br />Love the new look of your blog.Melanie Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07124900253892141834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21434337.post-89410646414782684662009-04-30T03:18:00.000+01:002009-04-30T03:18:00.000+01:00Beautifully said. It is so easy to see authentic ...Beautifully said. It is so easy to see authentic in another person and I am beginning to see that others see that same thing in me. I really want to lean into it!!!!Jeanne Oliverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07416388678277513385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21434337.post-29964848824491356592009-04-29T22:43:00.000+01:002009-04-29T22:43:00.000+01:00All I know is I'm very good at hiding behind the m...All I know is I'm very good at hiding behind the me that I think the world wants to see. That mask that I think will stop me getting hurt. <br /><br />Authenticity for me is when I dare to lower that mask a little for people to see the real me... whether that be through my creativity, in friendship or in the smile I give to a stranger. I guess I become more authentic as that mask lowers and I risk who I am... but it always amazes me that the more risk I take the more I feel seen and loved.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06285040043683173817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21434337.post-59527061726279644482009-04-29T19:53:00.000+01:002009-04-29T19:53:00.000+01:00what a powerful post. it certainly hit all the bu...what a powerful post. it certainly hit all the buttons! i recognise so much of myself in your words there...<br /><br />i like that you say, "authenticity is something that you must lean into" - makes it a little less scary and a little more attainable.<br /><br />i guess you just need to trust you won't fall... :)Penhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11252354675982631564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21434337.post-48759960305341791402009-04-29T18:05:00.000+01:002009-04-29T18:05:00.000+01:00wow this is a powerful damn post.
I did the exact...wow this is a powerful damn post.<br /><br />I did the exact same thing-I really resonated (ha!) with some blogs and because I did, I thought that was somehow how I should communicate too.<br /><br />what I learned is this: yes, in a way I had to learn to be authentic. Which sounds counter intuitive. But my whole life was about trying to be whatever would get people to like me so it was definitely a learning process to figure out what I was really trying to say.<br /><br />thank you so much for this post-it's amazing. As are you.Brandi Reynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05676340757693182786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21434337.post-49657443046343486852009-04-29T16:32:00.000+01:002009-04-29T16:32:00.000+01:00This really resonated with me. I am about to go Un...This really resonated with me. I am about to go Unravelling with Susannah and I have been thinking a lot about what authenticity and identity and self mean to me. <br /><br />I thought at one time that I would find myself suddenly (and this would probably happen while travelling through an exotic country). I have come to realise that my authentic self is being revealed and developed over time. <br /><br />I know that my experiences and realtionships are moulding and testing me all the time; forcing me to ask - who am I ? What is important to me? Am I brave enough to tell my truth? Am I being authentic?<br /><br />I agree that you do need to lean into it. And I know that when my defences were thinnest, when I was at my rawest places, when I glimsped into the abyss - that's when I have felt my truest, most wuthentic self. That's when I found my voice.sashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14830020017743741010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21434337.post-10491458214297681972009-04-29T12:57:00.000+01:002009-04-29T12:57:00.000+01:00I tend to think authenticity is something you have...I tend to think authenticity is something you have to learn to express. Most of us have been raised and influenced to subjugate our true selves. <br /><br />Then, for some, there comes the journey back to who we are, to believing who we are is fantastic, and cannot be subjugated.<br /><br />I agree. Authenticity rings a clear bell. You can't fake it. You can't buy it. You can't force it.<br /> <br />You can strive for it. Be it. Live it.Genie Seahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11436772228339009624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21434337.post-11418753670332638052009-04-29T09:10:00.000+01:002009-04-29T09:10:00.000+01:00Leaning with you too.
Authenticity is foremost in ...Leaning with you too.<br />Authenticity is foremost in my mind right now as I hunt for my own voice in a new field. I think being authentic comes naturally to some but for others it takes great courage, great patience and a great many wrong turns! I talk about hearing 'the click' when I know I'm on my authentic path and in the past I've spent months and years losing hope that I'll ever hear it again.<br />My point is...it comes. <br />It's achievable for all of us but it's an ongoing practice. How's THAT for blogtalk?!Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233703863743714924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21434337.post-22824060720733183462009-04-29T06:48:00.000+01:002009-04-29T06:48:00.000+01:00very nicely said. a number of the blogs that i lov...very nicely said. a number of the blogs that i love to read use language and tone in a way that is very different from my own style of communicating. given that a huge part of the appeal of their blogs is a strong sense of character and individual spark, it's quite funny that i would ever be tempted to mirror their expressions.amyhttp://amyd.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21434337.post-52761293194087124932009-04-29T06:01:00.000+01:002009-04-29T06:01:00.000+01:00I think it's interesting anytime people (including...I think it's interesting anytime people (including me) talk about knowing themselves, or finding themselves, as if one can ever truly be known or found, like a set of keys. I struggle with the idea of a stable self---something which isn't in constant flux, ever evolving. If being authentic means expressing yourself from a place of stagnation, of solidity without the ability to expand or contract, then I'm not so sure it's such a good thing to lean into. But if what you mean is something more along the lines of "allowing"---meaning being open to what is happening for you in the moment, and flowing with it, not forcing, then I absolutely agree that is something to be wholeheartedly leaned in to. =0) <br /><br />Just a little postmodernist philosophy to contemplate. <br /><br />---Rebel CatSarah Stevenshttp://www.rebelcatstudio.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com