' A Genuine Person '...

"If you do stay present with what you see when you look at
yourself again and again, you begin to develop a deeper
friendship with yourself..

It's a complete friendship, because you are not leaving out
the parts that are painful to be with. It's the same way you
would develop a complete friendship with another person.

You include all that they are. When you develop this complete
friendship with yourself, the parts you're embarrassed
about, as well as the parts you're proud of, manifest
as genuineness.

A genuine person is a person who is not hiding anything, who
is not conning themselves. A genuine person doesn't put
up masks and shields."



~ Pema Chodron