What is authenticity? Does it have to be a struggle?

Why is it that just to be yourself, following the path of your own choosing often feels so hard?

Why can a moment of connectivity with the Source be tainted so easily, broken so easily?

Why do we allow others, people who have no clue who we are, no idea what we've been through, and the inability to even guess what we are capable of, to plant seeds of doubt?

When will the time come when the rocks thrown will simply bounce right off of the Teflon of our lives?

I don't explain, I won't explain.

I will simply live free.

And success will follow, eventually.

Therein lies the true victory. Our commitment to ourselves leads to peace of mind.