There’s a wonderful metaphor in the Bible [Revelation 2:17] about “a white pebble”.

17 Let the one who has an ear hear what the spirit says to the congregations: To him that conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white pebble, and upon the pebble a new name written which no one knows except the one recei­ving it.

The metaphor was once explained to me by a Catholic monk. To paraphrase:

“You have three selves: The person that you think you are, the person that other people think you are, and the person that God thinks you are. The white pebble represents the latter. And of the three, it is by far the most important.”

He then gave me some good advice, something I’ve always kept with me:

“When life gets really tough, just remember the white pebble. Just remember who you really are. Just remember the person that only God can see.”

Whatever your thoughts on God or Religion may be, positive or negative, the white peb­ble is a very simple metaphor that audaciously asks the question: “Who are you, really?”

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Ok, it’s me, Andrew, again. “Good enough” implies comparison to something else: “Am I good enough to….play major league baseball, dance professionally, be a lawyer, be an engineer.” I think the better question is, “have I done the best possible job that accurately portrays my abilities? Who am I, really?”