If there's anything I know that can get in the way of having a genuine life, being genuinely happy, and experiencing genuine love, it's pride.  There are certain types of pride that are honorable like in doing something well or being proud of a friend for achieving a goal.  But then there's the type of pride that won't allow you to forgive, that won't allow you to admit fault, or that keeps you on a journey to achieve some great thing that will make you look good when deep in your heart you don't really want that thing at all.

Pride often doesn't even allow you to see what it is the real you wants or who the real you is.

Fear Not Looking Perfect

We fear that we may not look as perfect as we want people to think we are; we fear finding out that we are not as perfect as we think we are.  In the end we are unhappy and unfulfilled because we have only been living on the surface.

Many New Yorkers are holding down jobs so they can establish some significance by the amount of money they make, others have achieved a certain status they don't want to let go of because they may lose the admiration of people, some are only living in this city because it's "New York" and leaving might signify failure.

Pride Destroys Intimacy

In relationships, pride keeps you from saying you're sorry.  Pride won't let you be vulnerable and tell someone how you truly feel.  Pride won't let you be known and won't let someone know you because if they saw beneath your exterior you are afraid they might not like you.

Pride infects all of our lives.  Pride has been the primary thing I have sought to burn away from my being and still it trails me close behind.  Where is pride present in your life?  Where are you not admitting that you were wrong?  Who do you "look down on," and think of yourself as "better than?" What parts of you will you not let people see?  Is it the needy part?  Is it the clumsy part?  The angry part?  The failing part?  What dream are you not going after because you may not achieve the status your current path promises? 

An Encouragement

Humanity is beautiful.  We are imperfect beings with passion, with complex emotions, with failings.  We can embrace each other with these things.  This is what makes us know we are alive, that we are real.  The most intimate moments are when you can relate to someone else your most vulnerable places.

TM has been created to encourage honest living, to help you get out of the way of yourself.  We are committed to supporting you in being genuine, accepting yourself the way you are, going after your dreams, and supporting that with eating "real" food (whole foods) and feeling great physical health.