“Just Be Positive.” “If you achieve it, you can do it.” “Pray harder.”
Have you ever heard one of these popular self-help phrases or maybe even said them yourself? If you’re like me, you’ve dealt with these phrases one or more times in your life. You may have thought that you would be able to encourage and uplift someone. Later, you walked through a tough moment, and someone told you one of these phrases and instead of leaving you comforted, it left you feeling alone and maybe even worse than before.
For me, there is one phrase that I found myself thinking about: nails on a chalkboard. It’s a phrase that to this day, I cringe over.
