{"id":4556,"date":"2019-06-01T06:31:37","date_gmt":"2019-06-01T06:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/codewaveinsdev.wpengine.com\/?p=4556"},"modified":"2026-06-27T00:17:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T18:47:35","slug":"celebrating-authenticity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/codewave.com\/insights\/celebrating-authenticity\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating People &#038; Authenticity: Codewave\u2019s authenticity anthem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Codewave - Celebrating Authenticity\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/prSq6HbNzLQ?start=5&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>Our authenticity anthem<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"our-authenticity-anthem\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Our authenticity anthem<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>magic happens, when you accept who you are.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>when it\u2019s okay not to be someone else.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>when it\u2019s enough to be you.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>magic happens, when you\u2019re at ease being real.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>when you meet people in the eyes, feel them.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>magic happens, when you face your feelings.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>when you don\u2019t deny shame or envy.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>when you outgrow it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>magic happens, when you express how you feel.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>when you don\u2019t suppress the fire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>when you hit the dead-end&nbsp;&amp; meet kindness.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>magic happens, when you\u2019re surrounded with real people.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>when you have open conversations.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>you change the world.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>magic happens, when you feel you\u2019ve got all you need.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>when you know, all you need to do is rise.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>all you need to do is awaken.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>rise, awaken, lead.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.codewave.com\/services\" style=\"border-radius:5px;background-color:#006eff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EXPLORE DESIGN THINKING &amp; DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION SERVICES<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Our authenticity anthem magic happens, when you accept who you are. when it\u2019s okay not to be someone&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":4564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"full","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,28,29],"tags":[430,431,432,425,433,434,435,436],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Celebrating People &amp; Authenticity: Codewave\u2019s authenticity anthem<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Codewave takes pride in celebrating people\u2019s authenticity with our authenticity anthem. 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