Who would you be if you never had to prove your worthiness? Your strength? Your goodness?

All over the place, we see this desire to prove ourselves worthy. If we all look honestly, we can see the desire within ourselves and others. 

We see it on social media - showing only the best part of our lives or perhaps exaggerating the good and ignoring the not so pleasant parts. We see it in the work place, when over-confidence is used to cover up that underlying fear that we don’t really know what we are talking about. We can even see it on the yoga mat - pushing ourselves into poses, trying to prove our strength and flexibility as if it were a game we could win. 

I think this desire to prove ourselves can come from a good place — from wanting to make sure that the goodness within us is shown to the world. We want to put our best self forward. But ultimately, I believe that it stems from a sense of scarcity, a sense that we are not inherently worthy as we are. It comes from a fear that we are not good enough.