Quotes about Identity

You will only see who you are and thus be who you are as you surrender your attachment to all other identities

The temptation to forget is woven into the fabric of these... costumes.

We all get to discover who we really are at some point, and when we do, it can be quite unsettling.

What is it, then, that comprises our deepest selves and gives us worth?

He knew me through and through and he found no shame in me.

As I knew my Father in a new way, I discovered who I was as His son. That I was already all I could hope to be because I was in Christ. All of my striving to *become* had actually hidden the truth from me, because in striving to become, I was only denying who I already was.

Our challenge isn't in becoming more than we are, because we are already risen and complete. Our challenge is to remember and abide in who we are, each day and each hour.

What does matter is whether or not we take offense when we think we've been wronged, regardless of who we think we are or what costume we're wearing.

The only correction you ever really need is in your perception of who you already are as a child of your Father.

Our bodies, our relationships, our lives. We're terrified of losing those things because we think they make us who we are. Fear of loss keeps it all in place. Dying means letting go of all of it, our entire life in the world, to know ourselves beyond the images and relationships apparent in this world.

he loved me for who I was, not for who I could be

The only way to know yourself in and as the light is to let go of all your attachments to who you think you are in this world. You know the sayings: hate your entire life, deny yourself, take up the cross. All these mean the same thing. Let go of the meaning you give life in all your judgments of value based on the knowledge of good and evil. You've heard this?" "Jesus said those things," I said, knowing the verses well.