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Authenticity??? Where?
Submitted by regen_r8 on Sun, 2007-01-28 17:41.
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Lisa Haneberg is dead on right when she says:
"For many, getting real takes courage. It's true, don't you think? Doesn’t it seem a bit odd that being real – being
authentic – requires courage? Why is this? What have we done
to ourselves and others that makes being real an action that requires courage?"
According to the MapMyWord dictionary widget from VocabGrapher Authenticity means undisputed credibility. Credibility means the quality of being believable or trustworthy. I like this idea, but it seems a little passive to me.
Here are some other words that I want us to think about:
Integrity - moral soundness. In business that means you walk your talk. While defined differently, it is used as a synonym for credibility. But it has another meaning - an unreduced or unbroken completeness or totality - with a sense of holding together, like the integrity of a process, or a building, or the hull of a ship.
Character - the inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions. It gets into the motivations, and ties back to integrity. This is an old fashioned word like my parents wanted me to have "Character".
Spirit - a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character. This also plays into motivations. We need some people with spirit - not like in high school. I liked the idea of "activating" - spirit activates us. It makes us act...
Candor - 1. ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty 2. the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech. I think that this is part of what Lisa wants. For us to stop hiding behind our masks, and "get real". Candor is related to frankness which means Frankness is related to bluffness which means good-natured frankness. That is how I want to be. Not frank in a way that offends, but frank in a way that shows character, integrity, spirit.
The Bible talks about "speaking the truth in love" that means in a way that builds trust, and heals, and encourages others to respond. The verse is Ephesians 4:14-16 and it is in a passage that deals with the way members of the church should deal with one another, especially when they are not immature.
Lisa, I am really glad that you posted. Being "real" or authentic is really a sign of maturity. When we have outgrown playing games, we learn how to be "real".