“Self control is about being in charge of the direction our lives are taking. Now for the paradox: We get control of our lives, ultimately, not by will power but by surrender.” Lewis B. Smedes SELF-CONTROL is… “Give it all you got”, they said “you can have anything you want”, they said …
hurtful words and actions cause tears in the heart
In several conversations with others recently, I was catapulted back to a time when I was struggling unsuccessfully with what we call “having the need to please”. This debilitating trait, as you may know, comes with a wide open door for any manipulator to easily draw one “the pleaser” in like a magnet. While …