"Samson started by letting his feet wander. His eyes weren't far behind. Predictably, his heart followed."

"Get in the habit of pointing your feet away from temptation - and turning your eyes away from it. What are you doing going out looking for trouble anyway? Don't put yourself in that position. Practice common sense and good judgment - unlike Samson."

"Know your weaknesses. And shore up your defences."

If you refuse to correct your course after the first mistake whatever happens next is no longer a mistake, it's a conscious choice to pursue bad decisions. Nothing good comes from that slippery slope.

Stop letting anger be your default response to situations because you are uncomfortable feeling the appropriate emotion and code switch to anger instead. Sit with that shame, guilt, fear, despair... SIT WITH IT! Unpack it & work your way through why you feel it. Stop lashing out.

Killing 30 guys to pay off a gambling debt that you got into because of your own moomishness is over the top by every standard imaginable.

"Samson keeps getting at the world, but in reality, almost everything that happened was his own fault. At any point, he could have just backed off, even just a little... Instead, over and over he escalated the situation, forcing others to react."

"If you're angry at those around you, where is your responsibility in that?... Do you feel tempted to make excuses for your behaviour?"

Is this you "being strong for everybody" a real thing or just you masking the fact that you are struggling to keep it together for yourself?

"Don't settle for being strong at things that don't last and weak at things that do."

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