You are not a fixed thing.  Growth is possible.

Authenticity isn’t about finding a fixed “true self.” It’s about staying honest in the moment, responding to life with values, not rigid roles. This post challenges the myth that to be real, we must be the same everywhere—and explores how true authenticity lives in our flexibility, our freedom, and our ongoing becoming.

It is normal—and okay—to feel anxious, to feel insecure. The trick is to identify workable steps and actions. Ones that are doable, that are manageable—no matter how small. Small actions add up quickly. Once you’ve identified them, take them anxious. Take them insecure. Take them in spite of the anxiety. Tillich named his work The Courage to Be for precisely this reason: that the fact humans exist and keep going at all is an act of courage.