We Are Enough

"blackmail is only possible if we believe that we have something to hide.  The inner corollary of this is that worthless feelings arise when we believe, however briefly, that who we are is not enough." Mark Nepo

It is universal.  We were all told by others while we were growing up that there was something about us that we should hide.  On the way to the lunchroom or the playground, others' remarks may have caused us to hide an aspect of ourselves.  But, today is a new day, and hiding anything about ourselves is destructive.  Oh, there may be environments in which one chooses to not disclose qualities or aspects of oneself, but that is very, very different from hiding something about ourselves out of shame.  You are enough --- just as you are.  Each of us is enough just as we are.  We can choose to release those messages from long ago.  We are enough.  We are loveable.  And so is everyone else.