Resistance by definition is self-sabotage.
Molly, you are a good person. Don't let anyone take that away from you. Not even yourself.
When I read the ghastly lines of tragedy darkly penned into my life, I turn and notice that the pen in my hand is wet.
I am the greatest obstacle to my greatest dreams.
I decry the injustice of my wounds, only to look down and see that I am holding a smoking gun in one hand and a fistful of ammunition in the other.
In my impatience I become convinced that this desire of mine should have been fulfilled yesterday, when it belongs to a tomorrow that yesterday would have killed had I had my way.
If I choose to take the pen from God and write the story of my life without Him, I better have plenty of erasers and a whole lot of white-out. Better yet, I should invest in a good shredder.
I craft most of my own tragedies without ever having even the remotest understanding that it is I myself who have done the crafting.
The most dangerous way we sabotage ourselves is by waiting for the perfect moment to begin. Nothing works perfectly the first time, or the first fifty times. Everything has a learning curve. The begin...
Cry wolf often enough and you eventually get eaten by the wolf, even if the wolf is you.
Those who say life is knocking them down and giving them a tough time are usually the first to beat themselves up. Be on your own side.