Feeling Overwhelmed? Stop Being a False God to EVERYONE
Sometimes we choose to overwhelm ourselves. No one else overwhelms us. We do it to ourselves by refusing to focus on our own needs. Instead, we are focused on the needs of EVERYONE else. We are focused on meeting the needs of Mom and Dad, big brother and little sister, next door neighbor, whining coworkers, real friends and fake friends, the mailman, business clients and even the guy ahead of us in line at the grocery store. We’ve made ourselves the little god of all of these various people and we feel the pressure from having promised all of them that we would do things for them to meet their needs. As time catches up with us and tension mounts, however, we are feeling more than just overwhelmed. We are also feeling the strain of their complaints against us and our dire need to continually win their approval. Now we’re really concerned. Not only are we unable to truly be their god by meeting all of the needs that they are actually responsible for meeting themselves, but ...