Post-baptism, I spent the next few days in shock at my daring. As much as I knew I believed and my faith was true, claiming the title “Christian” felt dissonant. Yet, here I was, a fully-baptized, genuine believer and follower of Jesus Christ, and I wondered: “What happens now?”
It can be easy to fall back on our symptoms and use them as an excuse for our behavior. Yet, it is our responsibility to manage those symptoms.
When we hit a crisis, it’s awful. Our ability to respond normally is lost to us. Thankfully, we have options to self-soothe ourselves.
We primarily have two mindsets: Reasonable Mind and Emotion Mind. Finding the balance between these two results in the third, ideal mindset: Wise Mind.
Too often, we think of accepting help as a sign of weakness. In reality, knowing when and how to accept help from our network is a sign of strength.
