[__ Prayer __] pride, self-love
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Christ_empowered
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yeah, I know, right?
At least my people have warmed up to me, and I'm able to be a decent son to them. That's a huge blessing for all 3 of us.
At least my people have warmed up to me, and I'm able to be a decent son to them. That's a huge blessing for all 3 of us.
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I smoked for about 4 or 5 years. Probably one of the hardest things to do is quit smoking. Smoking is just slow motion suicide with a death by asphyxiation. My "dad" and father-in-law both died from lung cancer. Terrible deaths. Both grandfathers died from heart attacks. Both smoked. The only way I was able to quit was to make up a list of cigarette brands with their respective strengths of tar and nicotine. I bought a carton of each and continued to smoke a pack a day but as I finished a carton, I would switch to the next brand just slightly weaker than the previous one. Each successive carton got weaker and weaker until I finally got to the weakest brand a few months later. Then I worked on eliminating one cigarette a day from each pack until I was smoking just a few cigarettes a day and throwing away the rest. Talk about an expensive habit. Finally I got the flu and had such a sore throat, I couldn't smoke.....that's when I quit for good.You're right. God changes us, not the world. They unfortunately don't belong to Him.
Thanks for the prayers.I told Matt you were quitting smoking and he is happy for you! He saw me struggle with it but I beat it and so can you!
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Pride. Self-love. These things keep me from The Lord, and that's a scary thing, because I remember how hellish my life was when I had out of control pride, self-love, etc.
Now, I'm normal, which is to say...I could still use with some humility. I'm just not pathologically prideful and filled with harmful self-love.
You know what's funny? The people who always insisted I was so "narcissistic" and such are now more narcissistic than me. Maybe they always were. Mental Health, Inc. is beginning to seem like a money making scheme more than anything else. That and a way to control people.
Now, I'm normal, which is to say...I could still use with some humility. I'm just not pathologically prideful and filled with harmful self-love.
You know what's funny? The people who always insisted I was so "narcissistic" and such are now more narcissistic than me. Maybe they always were. Mental Health, Inc. is beginning to seem like a money making scheme more than anything else. That and a way to control people.
