See no good, hear no good, speak no good; and the people will eventually find you good!

I finally know the difference between pleasing and loving, obeying and respecting. It has taken me so many years to be okay with being different, and with being this alive, this intense. (xxvi)

If they were there for you when you had nothing, they are the ones worth having now. If they only notice you because of what you have gained, are they worth having at all?

Ever since people first existed, they have been doing all the things we label “codependent.” They have worried themselves sick about other people. They have tried to help in ways that didn’t help. They have...

If you find yourself craving approval, you are low on self-love. Stop grasping for a few scraps wherever you can. Go home and make yourself a feast. Love yourself deeply today.

The increased desire to please God and seek HIS approval will decrease the desire to seek approval from man.

People pleasing doesn’t allow you to receive.

Once you’ve figured out who you are and whose you are. You will no longer have any desire to hang around people who do not appreciate who you are.