Being True to Myself by Nan Fischer

The prompts this week are words pulled from the book that started me on my journey to self-actualization, Person to Person: The Problem of Being Human by Carl Rogers and Barry Stevens. I stumbled across this book when I was 19, and it changed my life. Rather, it created my life and shaped who I am today. I recently bought it again. Rereading it, I remember every word, and it is a reminder to stay true to myself.

This book is a series of professional papers by Carl Rogers and some of his colleagues. Barry Stevens interprets each one with an essay of the ups, downs and lessons of her personal life. The overall point is that, from birth on, we are given a lot of conflicting messages of societal and familial expectations. As adults on our own, it is our responsibility to sift through that external muck to find our true self. It worked for me! I highly recommend this book or anything by Barry Stevens.

> irresponsible

> key

> noticing and responding

> inner freedom

> facilitation

> Finish this sentence with a complete journal entry: The inside search was rewarding, and it was there that I found… Barry Stevens

When I was forty years old, I was baffled and confused because I couldn’t seem to know what I wanted. In my own terms, I had gone crazy. Barry Stevens

I have created An Environmental Journal, a blank journal of quotes on nature, writing and self-discovery. It’s a PDF to download and only costs $5!