Be Like . . . Pluto? | Praise Podcast - Christian Podcasting Network

Remember the old commercial featuring Michael Jordan, Be Like Mike? Here's a new one, along with some self-reflection. Stay tuned!

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00:00:00 --> 00:00:04 Remember the old commercial featuring Michael Jordan, Be Like Mike?

00:00:04 --> 00:00:07 Here's a new one, along with some self-reflection.

00:00:08 --> 00:00:09 Stay tuned.

00:00:12 --> 00:00:12 Hello,

00:00:13 --> 00:00:14 and welcome to Momo 634,

00:00:14 --> 00:00:20 the daily podcast chock-full of faith-filled inspiration and motivation.

00:00:21 --> 00:00:23 Please like, share, and subscribe.

00:00:24 --> 00:00:28 Momo 634, motivational moments just for today.

00:00:43 --> 00:00:44 Recently,

00:00:44 --> 00:00:47 I shared with you that I'm creating a gamified system to help

00:00:47 --> 00:00:49 me address my mental

00:00:49 --> 00:00:52 health and some stinking thinking thought patterns that I'd

00:00:52 --> 00:00:53 like to challenge.

00:00:54 --> 00:00:57 Additionally, it's got some devotional tools built in.

00:00:58 --> 00:01:02 One of those items is a board of sorts where I can keep my

00:01:02 --> 00:01:03 collection of memes.

00:01:04 --> 00:01:09 If you've listened for very long, you know I love a well-crafted meme.

00:01:10 --> 00:01:11 The one for Monday said,

00:01:12 --> 00:01:12 quote,

00:01:13 --> 00:01:16 Pluto used to be the ninth planet of our solar system until

00:01:16 --> 00:01:18 2006 when scientists

00:01:18 --> 00:01:19 removed it from the list.

00:01:20 --> 00:01:24 But Pluto continued to orbit the sun as before.

00:01:24 --> 00:01:27 Pluto doesn't care what others think about it.

00:01:27 --> 00:01:30 Be like Pluto, end quote.

00:01:31 --> 00:01:33 I've talked about being a people pleaser.

00:01:34 --> 00:01:37 I think growing in favor with God and man,

00:01:37 --> 00:01:40 as Luke 2 52 enjoins,

00:01:40 --> 00:01:41 is a good thing.

00:01:42 --> 00:01:46 But as usual, OCD takes it too far.

00:01:47 --> 00:01:50 And that's the habit or mindset I'm trying to break.

00:01:51 --> 00:01:54 In this new system I'm creating and testing,

00:01:54 --> 00:01:57 there's a place to log a daily thought or intention.

00:01:58 --> 00:02:00 The thought I wrote down for Monday was,

00:02:01 --> 00:02:06 Other people's opinion of me is none of my business.

00:02:07 --> 00:02:08 Ironically,

00:02:08 --> 00:02:12 I journaled that before I even saw the aforementioned meme at

00:02:13 --> 00:02:13 the top of this

00:02:13 --> 00:02:14 episode.

00:02:15 --> 00:02:18 My quote for that entry was actually culled from another source

00:02:18 --> 00:02:20 I saw a while back.

00:02:20 --> 00:02:21 It's not mine.

00:02:22 --> 00:02:24 I don't remember where I saw it, but the quote stuck with me.

00:02:26 --> 00:02:28 In drawing boundaries with others,

00:02:28 --> 00:02:32 I've said that I'll accept my part in any miscommunication or

00:02:32 --> 00:02:33 disagreement.

00:02:34 --> 00:02:34 Yet,

00:02:34 --> 00:02:36 though I am a people pleaser,

00:02:36 --> 00:02:41 I draw the line at accepting disrespect or blame for something

00:02:41 --> 00:02:42 that is the

00:02:42 --> 00:02:44 responsibility of someone else.

00:02:45 --> 00:02:48 In this renewed quest for independence from some of the

00:02:48 --> 00:02:50 thinking and behaviors I've

00:02:50 --> 00:02:52 allowed myself to be shackled to,

00:02:52 --> 00:02:57 I'm fortifying that boundary line while releasing myself from

00:02:57 --> 00:02:58 anger toward the

00:02:58 --> 00:02:59 person.

00:03:00 --> 00:03:02 It does me no good to hold on to it.

00:03:03 --> 00:03:07 In fact, spiritually, there is harm and danger.

00:03:08 --> 00:03:10 Mark 11.25 says,

00:03:11 --> 00:03:13 And when you stand to pray,

00:03:13 --> 00:03:16 if you hold anything against another,

00:03:16 --> 00:03:17 forgive it,

00:03:18 --> 00:03:22 so that your Father in heaven will forgive your trespasses as well.

00:03:24 --> 00:03:24 Even if,

00:03:25 --> 00:03:26 as I've been discussing recently,

00:03:27 --> 00:03:31 the anger is really anxiety in a different form due to

00:03:31 --> 00:03:32 emotional distress,

00:03:33 --> 00:03:33 shame,

00:03:33 --> 00:03:34 or guilt,

00:03:35 --> 00:03:39 the feelings get wrapped up in the actions of another person.

00:03:40 --> 00:03:45 Then that avoidant behavior baked into OCD and the anxiety

00:03:45 --> 00:03:46 around confrontation

00:03:46 --> 00:03:47 creeps in,

00:03:48 --> 00:03:53 making those bad feelings fester into an active dislike for the person.

00:03:54 --> 00:03:54 Thus,

00:03:54 --> 00:03:59 my journal entry and why the Pluto meme resonated so deeply

00:03:59 --> 00:04:00 within me.

00:04:01 --> 00:04:04 Since I can clearly see that progression now,

00:04:04 --> 00:04:07 I can put a spoke in the wheel to stop it.

00:04:08 --> 00:04:11 I'm praying for people by name because,

00:04:11 --> 00:04:13 as I've mentioned in previous episodes,

00:04:14 --> 00:04:18 it's hard to harbor ill feelings towards someone you are

00:04:18 --> 00:04:19 bringing to the very

00:04:19 --> 00:04:21 throne of God in prayer.

00:04:22 --> 00:04:26 I'm trying to just name the emotions I'm struggling with that

00:04:26 --> 00:04:27 the person evokes,

00:04:28 --> 00:04:31 and then releasing the feelings.

00:04:32 --> 00:04:35 The new supplement mentioned on Monday's episode,

00:04:36 --> 00:04:38 Gamifying Mental Health and Intro,

00:04:38 --> 00:04:39 is helping some,

00:04:40 --> 00:04:43 though I haven't taken it long enough to reach peak efficacy.

00:04:44 --> 00:04:49 I'll link the supplement below this episode at momo634.com,

00:04:50 --> 00:04:51 but as always,

00:04:51 --> 00:04:55 check with your own care provider to see if it's right for you.

00:04:56 --> 00:05:01 With all the storms raging about here in Central Texas and

00:05:01 --> 00:05:03 illness in my family,

00:05:03 --> 00:05:06 my sleep has not been consistent yet,

00:05:07 --> 00:05:11 so I'm still adapting that to address that piece of the puzzle.

00:05:12 --> 00:05:18 But the mind shift and inward focus rather than outward expression of the

00:05:19 --> 00:05:22 anxiety-based anger is at least giving me somewhere to funnel

00:05:23 --> 00:05:24 any residual buzzing

00:05:24 --> 00:05:28 energy like that mentioned in the somatic memories episode.

00:05:30 --> 00:05:34 I'm trying to reform my night owlish ways enough to wake even

00:05:34 --> 00:05:35 earlier to pray,

00:05:36 --> 00:05:37 read the Bible,

00:05:37 --> 00:05:38 journal,

00:05:38 --> 00:05:41 and caffeinate before facing the day.

00:05:41 --> 00:05:43 Habits come slowly,

00:05:44 --> 00:05:48 but each day I'm learning a bit more and building it into this

00:05:48 --> 00:05:49 system I'm creating.

00:05:50 --> 00:05:52 I hope you'll stay along for the ride.

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