Quotes about Self-awareness

Whenever any kind of relationship conflict arises, my choice is whether to give the other person power to control my emotions.

know who you want to be and take the next step that points you in the direction of that character quality.

God has given me power over my food. I hold the power -- not the food. If I'm not supposed to eat it, I won't put it in my mouth.

What consumes my thinking will be the making or the breaking of my identity.

I have these boundaries in place not for restriction but to define the parameters of my freedom. My brokenness can't handle more freedom than this right now. And I'm good with that.

The funny thing is, that high school girl thought finding love and getting married would fix all of this. It didn't. People can't fix from the outside a perspective that needs to be rewired on the inside. Only the Lord can do that.

And honestly, I'm tired of knowing I have issues but having no clue how to rein them in on a given day. I need something simple. A quick reality check I can remember in the midst of the everyday messies.

We'll tell you all about our broken places of yesterday but don't dare admit the limitations of our today.

Sip the shame so you won't have to guzzle the regret." In other words, taste a little bit of the shame of letting it all rip before you find yourself drowning in gallons of unwanted regret.

I realized that neither Paul nor Barnabas were bad people. They were good people. But they weren't good together. And that's okay. It's so much healthier to be brave enough to go your separate ways than to keep stuffing and drown in a sea of bitterness.

I can't expect a perfection in others I'm not even capable of living out myself.

For as he thinks in his heart, so is he" (NLV).