Reflections on August 28

The chorus to the song Gigolos get Lonely Too says, “Contrary to rumor, gigolos get lonely too. All my lovers need stimulation. But honey babe, I think that I need you….” I truly used to think when I was a gigolo that I really needed the men I was...

July 25 Owning My Part VIII

If I could be honest with myself, I’d admit that when I met this person, I was really in a needy place and was not capable at the time of loving myself. Trying to manipulate the person to love me the way I wanted to be loved when I didn’t even know what...

July 23 Owning My Part VI

Self-centeredness is a defect of character I have to constantly ask God to remove. It has been the source of most of my problems, most of my pain. Decisions based on self have led me to put expectations on others that they could not possibly fulfill. When they did not...

July 21 Owning My Part IV

A lot of times when I got angry in a love relationship, it had very little to do with the other person and how they were treating me but it had everything to do with what I was doing which was usually settling and selling myself short just to be with them. Or the sex...