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>This post is my ongoing participation in @jongolson's fantastic [***Index4Index Initiative***](https://peakd.com/hive-119826/@jongolson/lets-try-something-newwell-call-it-index4index). Read his post, and get yourself involved!

Today's *#Index4Index Inspired Motivation* is about *having the courage and confidence to stand out from the crowd, and to be true to our authentic self*. If we want to set our life on fire, that's how we do it! 
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"Stand out from the crowd, be yourself."
- Stephen Richards
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To create and experience what we truly want in our lives, we must summon the courage and confidence to be willing to stand out from the crowd, and perhaps even stand alone for a time. Few actions or practices would have such a profound effect on our lives, though it's not for faint of heart! It's so funny that we, living, embodied forces of nature, are often so afraid to stand out from the herd, and to think, say, and do what actually feels right to us, and what we really want! 

We need to throw the concept of 'playing it safe' in the compost heap, where it belongs, for we will never achieve or experience true fulfillment or greatness by staying in our safe comfort zone! If we give in to our fear of standing out from everyone else, then our life is nothing more than a lie, because we didn't have the courage to be true to who we know ourselves to be in our core! 

I don't know about you, but that is not an option for me! I've felt different from pretty much everyone all my life, so standing out is nothing new for me, and stand out I do, but now I do so with the courage and confidence that I often lacked in my youth! People can think and say all they want about me, it's none of my business, as they don't know me! I remain true to myself and what I know to be true!  

Step outside of the crowd, and find out who you *really are* as opposed to who you've been told you are you're whole life! If you don't know who you are, how can you know what you really want? I'll be waitin' for ya! 

*Remember, dear friends, that we are all in this together, that we rise by lifting others, and that together we thrive, so onward and upward, joyfully together!* 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙



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