For me, the goal of spirituality is not faith as much as authenticity. I’ve never found spirituality in the institutions of religion, rather inwardly in my own personal sense of authenticity. What is authenticity for me? It is beyond honesty.

It is learning to stand in my own truth, and not tell other people what truth is for them.

It is acknowledging – in the open, in full faith – that I am flawed, broken, and always in the process of healing and learning.

It is seeking compassion in my dealings with the people in my life, rather than judgement. I do not know what is best for other people, and often, not even for me.

It is understanding that fear and anger are both disorders in their own right, impediments to authenticity and spirituality. They are spaces to cross, obstacles to overcome, roadblocks to avoid.

It is self-love, the search for my original soul, brought into the world to be loving, creative and strong. To reclaim the broken pieces of that soul and to return it to my life.

It is love, the purpose, the one thing that endures.