Beautiful. I would often sugarcoat things, beat around the bush, hide, avoid, act defensively, or manipulate because I was worried about someone else's reaction to something. I still catch myself doing that.......(lots of work to do on me yet!!)......all because I was worried about the other person's reaction. It has taken me a long time to figure out that
I don't own their reaction. But I do own mine.
"What if he doesn't handle it very well?" I asked.
"Then," my friend replied, "you're going to have to handle it well."
I love that. I didn't do that well last Sunday. I let my husband's poor reaction to something color my entire day. That's on me.
gentle hugs
ke