“It is easy to play the world’s game which is the power game, the game which depends on setting myself apart from others, distinguishing myself, seeking the limelight and looking for applause. I find that it is only too easy to become compulsive in my continual need for affirmation, for more and more affirmation, as I anxiously ask Who am I?
Am I able, like Christ, to put them down? Am I prepared to shed all these outer shells, of false ambition, of pride? Am I ready to admit that the mask is a disguise put on to cover up the insecure self? and the armour a shield to protect the vulnerable self?
Am I ready to receive a new self, based not on what I can achieve, but on what I am willing to receive?