Keeping one's butterfly collection in the stomach.
Numb to need.
Asking the question "How do I become a real leader rather than a strong one?" positions you to be strengthened continuously rather than draining your strength trying to be really strong. Ask and see.
I'm often asked if I know of any good self-help books to recommend for someone to read. I find that ironic in that asking me for help to find a self-help book kills the original intent. I might consider writing a book on how to find a self-help book without asking for help to find it. That would maintain one's self-help integrity. However if you are still thinking what kind of book to read and you insist on a self-help book, read a self-care book about asking for help.
Hearty cooperation.
Self-styled worship that acts as if and says "Hollow be His Name". Colossians 2:8
Light might blind in order to bind to the sublime. Then reminds the mind in kind to see a sign for the right time.
Driven by blind impulse rather than by the eye of faith. Psalm 32:8-9
Every day I hear others say that they are stuck. But stuck isn't the precise word for their reality. Instead, they are trapped -- trapped by a question being used to accuse or excuse. How do you release yourself from the trap? Stop the question and LISTEN. Listening enables an action instead of just hearing a reaction to your question--the question that got you trapped or, in your words, "stuck" in the first place.
Makes you a stuffed animal. Envy is often the stuffing. Psalm 73:21-22
Discipline without direction.
I hear this many times a week or the camouflaged version as I don't know what to do. The desire for the magic solution competes strongly against the miraculous whisper deep in the heart to surrender both angry rebellion and brokenness. One must begin and continue as one being taught. Isaiah 50:4,5
Razing questions vs raising questions.
Reversing the domino effect of power abuse. Empowering rather than overpowering. A strong arm rather than strong-arming. A shoulder upon which to stand or be beside rather than off to the side.