Only I can make myself afraid. My kids decisions can’t. The news can’t. Finances can’t. I have to allow them to have that place, which means only I can make myself afraid. Learning that is important. It empowers me. It means I can avoid living as a victim even if I’ve been victimized. Learning how fear works is even more important, otherwise I’ll continue to give people and situations power they don’t have. How I see things (no matter what I see) is one of the 2 factors that decides if my brain creates fear or not. Any place I feel fear I want to look at how I’m seeing it and question my perspective.

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Too often we develop a hard heart when the only thing that should’ve grown thicker is our skin. If we can live with thick skin while maintaining a soft heart, everything would go better. Lord, show us the difference and help me keep my heart soft through everything that happens.

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If your expectations for your kids aren’t realistic (usually too high) you’ve set yourself up for a lot of unnecessary and unhelpful emotions.