we need to realize these are only expectations; they belong to us, and we’re not always boss. - Melody Beattie

We don’t have to take other people’s behaviors as reflections of our self-worth. We don’t have to be embarrassed if someone we love chooses to behave inappropriately. It’s normal to react that way, but we don’t have to continue to feel embarrassed and less than if someone else continues to behave inappropriately. Each person is responsible for his or her behavior.

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.1 — II TIMOTHY 1:7

"We decided that sooner or later you had to learn to live without almost everybody, at least for a while. Even people you didn't think you could live without." p 167

love always found itself again.