The plan for this morning was to wake up early and head over to Malibu for an all day hike that my buddy Mateo is leading. As the early riser, my job was to wake up the rest of the gang so at 7:30, I hopped out of bed and sleep-walked over to their room to be the alarm. Malik barely opened his eyes to say that we didn't need to leave so early and went back to bed. Cool, I was glad to crawl back into bed for some extra shut-eye.

So I walked back to my room, and into my bathroom, and as I started to pee in my half-awake, half-asleep state, I realized that my bathroom door was wide open, my bedroom door was wide open, and their bedroom door was wide open. I have wood floors in my place so they would have to be in hibernation mode not to hear me pee. In fact, maybe the sound of my urination was entering their dreams. Maybe it's a waterfall. How soothing. Ahhhhhhh, they'll thank me when they wake up for bringing the elements into their dreams.

As I laid back in bed, I couldn't help but chuckle. If these two people were strangers, I probably would have felt somewhat embarrassed by my clear lack of etiquette. Yet because they are dear friends, I think it's funny. It just goes to show you how everything is a matter of perspective.

When you have people in your life that love (you) regardless of how weird, bizarre, exotic, interesting, or strange you act, a whole new type of relationship ensues. A freedom to be totally, authentically, and naturally yourself develops. A comfort to be real arises, and with that, you no longer have to "try" to be. You can just be.

As one of our Architects Tammy Lynne once said: "everyone is looking for someone to allow them to put their guard down." It's so true, and as we continue to add more and more amazing people to our selfcentered tribe, I have come to believe that everyone isn't just looking for someone to allow them to put their guard down, they are looking for a whole community to do so.

Today, I'm going to be be ok with being completely and totally me. I'm not going to modify to fit in. I'm going to be authentic and inspiring......and pee with the door open.

What will you do?

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