Sadly, now more than ever, we LOOK for reasons to be offended. We find every reason in the book to be hurt or to feel like someone caused us pain or violated us. Now granted, there are times we truly are hurt by someone’s actions or inaction, but most times we’re looking for pain in all the wrong places. We choose this type of behavior because we’re addicted to emotional toxicity.
We like the way we feel when we’ve been hurt. We like to stay in a place of discomfort. I know it sounds ludicrous, however, we do! We don’t want to go deep and do the real work of seeking out, acknowledging, and removing what’s really causing us pain. We don’t want to do the real work of performing internal surgery and getting rid of the root cause. We’re addicted to being offended. The reason, believe it or not, is because we love the way it makes us feel. Yea, you read that right. We LOVE the pleasure that the pain brings us!
My challenge to you reading this right now is to, break the unhealthy addiction to being offended; to being pleased by self-inflicted pain. Go higher and go deeper! Don’t just casually always find yourself seeking reasons to be hurt or to proclaim pain just because you emotionally want some dopamine hits. You don’t have to be a transgression addict. You don’t have to be an emotional pain addict. You can free yourself from that space. You can protect yourself from being violated. You have the power of the Almighty One at your fingertips. You can tap into it and not allow yourself to be pulled down that rabbit hole. Be free kinfolk!
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