How do I stop feeling sorry for myself?<\/p>\n
Recently, I’ve been talking about pitfalls that people tend to fall into<\/strong>. As I spoke of the pitfall of perfectionism, my guess is that a number of listeners thought: \u201cOh \u2014 yeah \u2014 that\u2019s something I probably need to work on.\u201d But I doubt that you felt personally insulted. I never make it my goal to insult you. In fact, I would go out of my way to avoid doing so.<\/p>\n Likewise, when I spoke on being a controller, although you might have noted someone near you poking you in the ribs, you probably weren\u2019t really hurt by the message itself. I never want a podcast to injure you.<\/p>\n But this podcast might feel a little different<\/strong>. You might feel like saying, \u201cOK, Pastor \u2014 you just moved from preachin\u2019 to meddlin\u2019!\u201d That\u2019s not my objective.<\/p>\n Still, the reality is that human beings have weaknesses. And if we never address our weaknesses, how are we to overcome them? Part of being compassionate means correcting error.<\/p>\n Years ago I cut myself shaving before church. I\u2019d talked to a dozen people before Lloyd said to me, \u201cSteve \u2014 you have a piece of paper tissue on your neck!\u201d I wonder why no one else did that. They probably THOUGHT they were being compassionate. Lloyd was being compassionate. If someone has a character flaw that is trapping him in behavioral or thinking patterns that damage him, compassion corrects.<\/p>\n This podcast speaks of the thinking pattern of Self-Pity and helps you recognize it offers keys to correct it. The keys are hard pills to swallow, but they are worth it.<\/strong><\/p>\n