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The speed of joy is:
Dynamic.
Natural.
Timeless.
Unhurried.
Amazing.
Welcome back to Best Advent Ever. As we journey toward Christmas, you're going to feel more and more pressure to do more and to speed up and to cram more into your life. And I really want to encourage you to resist that temptation. Each day, we pledge allegiance to God or to the world. We pledge allegiance to our soul or to the culture. And that allegiance is constantly being challenged. It's not like once a day it gets challenged. It's constantly being challenged in a culture that is so anti the speed of joy, that is so anti-God. And so we need to be mindful. We need to step into the challenge. We need to step into those battles.
One of the great challenges is a friend of ours. I have a friend, we have a friend, a mutual toxic friend that I want to talk about today. Most people have experienced a toxic friendship. A toxic friendship is a relationship that disrupts your happiness and equilibrium by consistently negatively impacting your emotional and psychological health. Here are some signs that you are in a toxic relationship. It's always stressful and chaotic, constant negativity. That person is constantly critical of you. Disrespect for your boundaries, lack of empathy and support, manipulative behavior, frequent conflict, unreliable, mean, degrading, abusive, or bullying. They isolate you. You feel physically and emotionally drained after spending time with them. You find yourself losing sleep over the relationship. They make promises they have no intention of keeping. They encourage you to participate in behaviors that are risky or outright bad for you. You cannot trust the person. They never apologize. The relationship is out of balance due to an imbalance of effort. Diminish self-confidence and self-esteem. They selfishly demand their wants be prioritized over your needs. You catch yourself blaming yourself for their behavior. Other important relationships suffer because of this relationship. They never consider what is best for you. The drama never stops. And you feel trapped.
If I had a friend who behaved in these ways, if I was in a relationship like that, what would your advice be? What would you say to me? You'd tell me to get as far away from that relationship as quickly as possible. You'd tell me, "This is toxic. This is not good for you. This is unhealthy for mind, body, and soul. You've got to get out of this relationship." The person I just described is busy. Busy is our mutual, toxic friend. And it's time we got out of that relationship. It's time we set busy aside. It is destroying us in so many ways. If you haven't already joined the Ambassadors Club, I want to invite you to become a member of this group of people that is having an astounding impact on the world today. Click the button below. Become an Ambassador today. Choose your welcome gift and join this group of people that is doing something about changing the landscape of the church and changing the landscape of our culture. Have a great day, and remember, Be Bold, Be Catholic.
Thank you, Ambassadors. You are changing the world. See you tomorrow.
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See you next time. Bye.
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