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<blockquote data-quote="Beta" data-source="post: 752575" data-attributes="member: 22597"><p>I like how you put this. This resonates with me. I do have a tendency to live out of a state of fear, and I can see that I'm doing that now, just from what you said. My mind has a tendency to go to the worst-case scenario, which, of course, is not living in faith. I do need to watch that pattern of thinking, that I'm not looking at the situation as inevitably lost. Again, it's just hard to find that balance of hope, where you have enough to keep you going but not so much that you're emotionally enslaved and constantly "falling down the rabbit hole" when things don't go as you hope. </p><p></p><p></p><p>No, I haven't thought of this. My impression is that he seems to need us as a "punching bag" to vent his anger on and so why would he relinquish that? Obviously, I'm having a terrible time letting go. I'm just afraid that if I stop trying, he will go down the tube and either be dead or in jail. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Can you explain? He did accept staying at her house, but he made little to no attempt to have a relationship with them and only used them as a housing source, which is one of the reasons they asked him to leave.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Beta, post: 752575, member: 22597"] I like how you put this. This resonates with me. I do have a tendency to live out of a state of fear, and I can see that I'm doing that now, just from what you said. My mind has a tendency to go to the worst-case scenario, which, of course, is not living in faith. I do need to watch that pattern of thinking, that I'm not looking at the situation as inevitably lost. Again, it's just hard to find that balance of hope, where you have enough to keep you going but not so much that you're emotionally enslaved and constantly "falling down the rabbit hole" when things don't go as you hope. No, I haven't thought of this. My impression is that he seems to need us as a "punching bag" to vent his anger on and so why would he relinquish that? Obviously, I'm having a terrible time letting go. I'm just afraid that if I stop trying, he will go down the tube and either be dead or in jail. Can you explain? He did accept staying at her house, but he made little to no attempt to have a relationship with them and only used them as a housing source, which is one of the reasons they asked him to leave. [/QUOTE]
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