Article April 22, 1991 Issue

Removing labels, finding who we really are

God hasn't labeled us as deficient, and it's our divine right to prove this spiritual fact.

Diane Ethel Witters

"He's not at all creative." "Maybe you weren't meant to be a success." "She'll never be as bright as her sister."

Statements like these (whether thought or spoken) are common. They can make hearts sink as they ask us to resign ourselves to personal inadequacies.

For years I felt that I lacked an intuitive sense of direction and that I would always have to contend with feeling lost as I tried to find my way through sprawling parking lots, city byways, or open countryside. Insecurity and disorientation clouded my thinking whenever I had to determine my location in an unfamiliar place.

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