Rediscovering the art of being Un-Dignified

“In Christ Jesus freedom from fear empowers us to let go of the desires to appear good, so that we can move freely in the mystery of who we really are. Preoccupations with projecting the “nice guy” image, impressing newcomers with our experience, and relying heavily on the regard of others leads to self-consciousness, sticky pedestal behavior, and unfreedom in the iron grip of human respect. Unconsciously, we may clothe the Pharisee’s prayer in the publican’s formula. For most of us it takes a long time for the Spirit of freedom to cleanse us of the subtle urges to be admired for our studied goodness. It requires a strong sense of our redeemed selves to pass up the opportunity to appear graceful and good to other persons.”
(Brennan Manning, ragamuffin gospel)

I've rediscovered this book, and was reminiscing the change that it was a catalyst to. I opened it up this past week to the chapter titled "freedom from fear" and began to read and this passage really jumped out to me. funny thing is I don't remember ever reading it. But it definitely impacted me.

Being un-dignified...let the process continue