Caitlin Johnstone on uncomfortable truths

To be an authentic person is to constantly plunge headlong into the uncomfortable, the unfamiliar, the unknown and the unpredictable, even when doing so feels like a kind of death, for no other reason than because that’s where the truth is. 

It’s to always welcome the truth with open arms, even when it is unpleasant, embarrassing, inconvenient or downright terrifying, come what may. 

~ Caitlin Johnstone, "To Be an Authentic Person Is To Stare Deeply Into the Face of Uncomfortable Truths," LewRockwell.com, September 24, 2024