How do you find your true self? Ideas discovered at Magic School College

The word "authenticity" is everywhere.

But what exactly is authenticity?

Have you ever wondered about that?

I have.

Authenticity lies in your own comfort,
says Koichi Honda.

And I think, yes, that's true.

What you find comfortable is your own unique personality.

What feels comfortable to me isn't necessarily what feels comfortable to you.

However, sometimes it's good to think about authenticity together.
It's wonderful to be able to share how others see you objectively, especially when you tend to go in circles on your own.

I am currently deepening my learning at the Magic School Business College, and this month's theme is finding your true self and your strengths.

In advance, we worked on questions for an exercise where we looked back at events from our childhood and how we felt about them, and then we spent time sharing those.

The common thread among today's participants was healing and world peace✨

And of course, by sharing our work, we discovered our own authenticity and strengths.

My strengths:
innocence
freedom
and so on.

Sharing that work was a bit scary for me.

It felt scary to expose my past, where I had felt so much guilt and other things.

But when it was my turn, everyone laughed, and
they told me my perspective was free and wonderful,
I realized,
it's okay to be me.

For example, when I was a student, I was the kind of kid who would always stare blankly at the schoolyard or sleep with my head on my desk when I got sleepy, but it seems the good students didn't do things like that.

I got married and divorced.
When I was a housewife, I thought being a housewife was boring.

While being a housewife, I got hooked on dance and traveled to Egypt to take workshops.

Adventurous,
a lover of freedom,
and innocent.

Because of that, I have lived a life of conflict between the desire to be free and the desire not to be called selfish,

but I realized that I actually haven't been suppressing it that much and have done various things,

and I was happy to be told that if I didn't suppress it but expressed it more, I could encourage others by showing them that it's okay to be this free.

I have decided that I want to express myself even more freely from now on.

Now, an event hosted by Maico, the principal of that Magic School community, will be held in Tokyo.

You like note,
you like writing or are interested in it,

I would love for you to come.
By spending time with warm and friendly companions, you will be able to take home a lot.

The guest is,
Hiroomi Sueyoshi, author of The Courage to Share

I look forward to meeting you all.