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Authenticity concerns coherence between how we understand ourselves, how we present ourselves to others, and how we act. A convincing image is not enough if we privately know we are performing it.

That does not require telling everyone everything. Privacy can be honest. The question is whether the person we portray is one whose commitments and actions we can recognize as our own.

Where is there a gap between what we say about ourselves and how we are living? Authenticity begins by being willing to see that gap, then to speak or act with greater consistency.