Tag: self-examination

Doing Our Part

- dannalundstrom

The antidote to the cries of an aching world is found within me because it is only my contributions that I control.

It is incredibly easy to live a life void of self-examination, paying little attention to my behaviors and motives, all while hyper-focusing on what I deem right or wrong in those around me.

Judgement.

It is insidious.

My soul is much better served working on me rather than worrying about them.

Blame temporarily feels good. It is a false place to surrender our pain, but never solve it.

The most significant piece of doing our part is found looking inside not outside of ourselves.

Recovering People Pleaser

- dannalundstrom

img_4467My name is D’Anna, and I am an RPP, also known as recovering people pleaser.  I want everyone to be happy with me, and I want to make others happy, so being judged hurts.  For RPPs like myself,  I think the burn of  wounding words sears our souls even a little deeper.  I was thinking maybe instead of talking, complaining and ruminating about others, we should seek to understand what it is about that person or persons that are fanning the flames of something in ourselves that is worth examining.  When I take a good honest look, there is something there that has a lot more to do with me than someone else.

Good news

- dannalundstrom

There are many things that I do, feel or say that shock me when I honestly look at my heart.  Self-examination would be defeating, were it not for the good news of the Gospel.  The Bible discusses every one of my flaws as a struggle for someone within its chapters.  I am so thankful those things are there!  Without God’s word I would either have to live a shallow life of pretend and denial; or under so much condemnation that anxiety, fear, shame and depression would likely be my best friends.  The gospel is good news!