We tend to be driven by our performance culture, where we are performing, posturing, producing, and brand-managing, just trying to receive acceptance, worth and even love. 

Contemplative prayer counters this. Learning to just be with God, resting in God’s love for me, resting in my identity as His son. It’s not based on what I do, what I have, what I accomplish or what other people think of me but based on Who I am utterly loved by!