“Jonah rose up to flee” - Jonah 1:3a. This means Jonah made a choice to flee and what did his choice cause? It caused struggles and chaos in his life. Have you found yourself in this situation? I have. So, if you're looking for the "cure" from a Biblical perspective, then take a few minutes and listen.
Ripple Effect – “the continuing and spreading results of an event or action” Emotions like anger, blame, and self-centered rationalization all have something big in common. They destroy balance and quite often can lead to depressed feelings. They feed each other because they all stimulate feelings that lead the same place. Being angry all the time tends to encourage blaming everyone else around you. Rationalizing why nothing is your fault reinforces your anger at everyone. I can remember plenty of times I fell into this pattern years ago, before I got my anger under control. When employees didn't understand tasks I'd given them, or didn't complete them to my satisfaction, I'd give out hard criticism as feedback. I told myself at the time that if they couldn't take my criticism they were too weak to be on my team. That kind of thinking made it impossible for me to acknowledge whether my instructions had been unclear, or whether there was any validity to ...
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