living from a victim mentality

Guys, I want to thank you for just accepting me for who I am, [laughs] accepting every version of me.

Um, on the podcast, I feel like a lot of times I show up, and I don't know.

I don't, I don't think you guys always know what to expect when it comes to like the version that you're gonna get.

But I appreciate you for loving me regardless.

That means a lot to me.

I'm actually going to take a sip of this coffee though 'cause I kinda crushed it today.

Who else has their coffee on ice today? It's the summertime, so there actually shouldn't be any excuses.

Well, I guess, okay.

No.

What do you mean? Iced coffee is like made for the summertime.

Y'all, I put the yummiest, um, vanilla collagen protein powder in my milk before adding my espresso, and it's amazing.

It was the best idea I've ever had.

I'm always finding a way to multitask, you know? We're gonna caffeinate, and we're gonna get our protein goals for the day.

Love it.

Oh, don't fall.

[laughs] Don't fall off the couch.

Okay.

Guys, I am excited for today's episode, because today's episode is going to be about...

Well, let me give you a little backstory.

So I was having this conversation.

Sorry, I'm gonna try my best to not look at the monitor.

I'm just making sure that I still look like a normal person laying here.

[laughs] Ow.

Um, I was having a conversation with my therapist first, uh, which then intrigued me, and I was like, "Huh, Jesus, what do you think of all of this?" And the concept was that I think a lot of times we can believe that we have less control than we actually do, and that could maybe sound contradicting to some of the things that we've already talked about on this podcast, and some of the things that we even believe as believers, right? Is like we aren't in control of our own lives, and a lot of times life happens.

And regardless of whether we choose to live life alone without God or with God, things happen in this life that are-- is out of our control.