I've always believed is that I have to perform in order to have value. I mean
this has been reinforced ever since we're in elementary school, right? What
we do earned us a gold star or not. I mean even in our career, what we do gets
us our performance bonuses, allows us to advance in our career, gets us those
promotions or not. But a truth of God that has helped set me free is that God
doesn't give me value or give me attention because of what I do, but
rather who I am. Reflecting on this truth has given me freedom, has allowed me to
stop the striving in order to get other people's attentions, in order to prove
that I have some kind of value. I think if we take a moment to reflect on this
truth, it'll also give us freedom in our everyday life.