The Authentic Self

While I was having a shower today to cool off from the abominable heat, I was thinking (as I have been the past couple days) about this 'new' self I am going to become. Then the phrase came to mind, 'the authentic self'. What am I going to do to stay authentic to who I am?

I have been silently mourning the passing of the old J. I feel...still...sort of... empty... from what used to be there, but not worse for it. And quite honestly, I feel less.. miserable.. less weighed-down.

Who are we beneath our ego, super-ego and our id? Who and what are we in the purest form?

What does it mean to you to live authentically?