Of Kings and Queens - Your True Self

Yes I watched Tangled this weekend. Yes I do love that movie. And Yes I do cry every time I watch it. I'm not your average manly man. I cry and I'm okay with that. In this movie there is a scene where Rapunzel is taken on the date of her life (the first date as well). She gets to go into the outskirts of the kingdom city. I just love the scene where, after some small children braid her very long hair, she is able to see a glimpse of who she really is. 

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Her whole life she is told that she is something that she is not. And then she finally sees a glimpse of herself and realizes that she is the lost princess that is the entire focus of the kingdom - and that the reason for the glowing lights in the sky was to celebrate her. Everything the evil woman (who she called mother) told her was actually a lie. And she was a princess, of royal blood. There is a moment where she sees the royal purple flags with the symbol of the sun and realizes who she is and always has been.   

We all are of royal blood. We are children of a King and Queen and we have been sent into a world where everyone tells us that we are nothing special. And that staying locked up in the tower (of the world) will be safest. That we should not go out into the kingdom to find out who we are. 

I believe that Satan does everything in his power to distract us from finally finding that royal flag and discovering our true identity. We all come from a royal line. We all have the potential of becoming kings and queens, gods and goddesses. But there is always that evil "caretaker" who tries to keep us in a tower away from anything that will remind us of our royal birth.   

What keeps you locked up in a tower? And what has allowed you to come out of your tower and actually remember who you are? What reminds you of your heavenly self? Do you really believe that you are royal? What bogs you down? What makes you feel destined for greatness? 

Here are a few things/quotes that make me feel destined for greatness:

• C.S. Lewis' entire chapter called "Hope" in Mere Christianity.
• "You were born to Lead, You were Born for Glory" - a talk by Sheri Dew
• My patriarchal blessing
• Every time I go to the temple
• Amazingly beautiful music like the BYU singers concert this weekend!

I'd love to hear what you would say. 

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you into something else is the greatest accomplishment" - Ralph Waldo Emerson