False Expectations

I wrote a book about having Christ Like Etiquette and it caused more issues than good. I used the Fruit of the Spirit as my foundation to aid me with the difficult process of having a very large and culturally diverse family.

I spent years feeling overlooked and not acknowledged.

I had pain from not being in reciprocated relationships.

I had placed too many expectations on loved ones to fill in the gap in areas of my life that I expected Jesus Christ to fill for me.

In the end, I was left with no Christ and no sense of family either.

I stopped giving gifts or even acknowledgements the way that I previously did.

As a result, I no longer celebrate birthdays and other special events. I acknowledge my own everything, and I do not have any expectations of others filling these gaps for me.

There are days where things are harder to cope with but this method seems to be working for me after all. I do not need to promote my book or acknowledge the decades of pain that was birthed through the real-life experiences that I faced.

My birthday is approaching and I have already celebrated it so there will be no issues or false expectations.