{"id":1456,"date":"2017-05-21T12:00:32","date_gmt":"2017-05-21T12:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freshhope.us\/?p=1456"},"modified":"2025-07-08T19:12:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T00:12:02","slug":"people-pleasing-dangers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freshhope.us\/es\/people-pleasing-dangers\/","title":{"rendered":"People Pleasing and Its Dangers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While growing up and well into adulthood, my focus was on trying to get people to like me. \u00a0I was always extremely careful about saying the right thing, wearing what was in style, and acting a certain way. \u00a0I was very conscious of not making someone angry with me or talking about me behind my back. \u00a0I found myself doing extra jobs, tasks, or volunteering to make people like me more. \u00a0Now that I think back on it, I find it a very sad and exhausting. \u00a0Constantly thinking, saying, or working on making everyone happy is absolutely impossible. \u00a0I had to come to accept that it was okay if people didn&#8217;t like me.<\/p>\n<p>People pleasing stems from insecurities about ourselves and low self-esteem. \u00a0And actually, it is insulting to God. \u00a0God made us. \u00a0He, the Maker of the universe and everything in it, chose to make us; on purpose. 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