Insecurity
It drives us to exaggerate our claims, while hiding our failures
It highlights the painful moments, while syphoning off the blessings
It causes us to interpret even the simplest of questions as an attack
It conjures images of inevitable rejection
Insecurity
It compels us to manipulate in the fear our needs will go unmet
It keeps us wrestling for a seat that already had our name on it
It pushes us to be someone we’re not in the belief that no one could love us as we truly are
It makes us feel as though people are judging us when we’re actually judging ourselves
Insecurity
It encourages us to wonder who the author was thinking of when he wrote this
Thought for the Day – The Pursuit of Happiness
Posted in Commentaries, Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged dying to self, gaining your life, pursuit of God, pursuit of happiness, seek and you will find on December 30, 2019| 1 Comment »
Make no mistake, there is a world of difference between the pursuit of happiness and the pursuit of God. One is rooted in the temporal, while the other is rooted in the eternal. One is about gaining your life, while the other is about losing it. One is centered on edifying self, while the other is centered on dying to self. One is endlessly elusive, while the other comes with the promise that if you seek, you will find.
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