Cutting the Grass in Your Head, Part 3 (TMF:2297)

Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Peace to Live By: Cutting the Grass in Your Head, Part 3 (TMF:2297) - Daniel Litton
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       In that case, I have to decide not to care. I have to say to myself, “It’s okay if they do that, and it’s okay if they don’t do that.” Or, I could say, “It’s okay if people like me and respect me, and it’s okay if they don’t.” How and why can I say those things? Well, in reality, I don’t want the person to criticize me toward others. And, I also want other people to like me. At the end of the day, however, what really matters to me is what God thinks about me. In that case, holding God in perspective, what another thinks or others think doesn’t matter. What really matters to me is God. So, in surrendering the desire to be liked and approved of, I can free my mind of all the negative thinking that those desires produce. And in surrounding that desire, what I usually find is that people do in fact like me. It allows for them to do so, because I am not blocking the fulfillment of the desire by holding onto it too strongly. God can work to make me look good when I am not too eager to do so myself.