the answer

Something caught my mind this week in one of my psychology classes as we were discussing distorted thinking. One particular style of distorded thinking was interesting to me because it sounded like something I would do: personalization. Personalization is when you think that everything people do or say is some kind of reaction to you, and you also compare yourself to others, trying to determine who's smarter, better looking, etc. And that sounds like something I would do because I sometimes tend to compare myself to others, and I'm too hard on myself when I don't meet other's expectations or my own. Well, this style of distorded thinking reminded me of the sermon my preacher talked about last Sunday at church. He talked about "No Guts, No Glory," saying how a Christian shouldn't strive to impress others, that you should just try to make God happy. He said that human glory is not what a Christian should strive for, it's the Glory of God that matters. And I think that that's a some good advice because many people today, including myself, try to make others happy and try to live up to other people's standards and expectations, and that's not the answer. It's living up to God's standards that matters and what is important; at least that's what I think, and I have some work to do.

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