I knew the weight of having to bear multiple masks, and the burden that comes with falling short. I knew the disappointment - personally and within my relationships, of being everything but myself. It broke me, ultimately - being what everyone needed and believing another would step into the gap for me too, but never had. Expectations of myself that were not my own, and these very expectations I placed onto others unknowingly. These are heavy indeed, and that in of itself is enough to recognize the deception of conditioning. It took time, effort and truly loving myself in order to become authentically me; and I've never looked at myself so fondly as I do now - not from ego or illusion, but from truly embracing what I see in myself - and loving from there: my self, others, and life as a whole. If you're struggling here, I want you to know that it is perfectly safe and also necessary for you to be, yes, you; but do you even know who that is? Let's go.