{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"A Desire Is Not a Demand","description":"What do you want? For years, my answer to that question was usually, \u201cNothing.\u201d I didn\u2019t want to be high maintenance. I didn\u2019t want to ask for too much. And honestly, there were seasons when I had spent so much time taking care of everyone else that I didn\u2019t even know what I wanted anymore. In this episode, I\u2019m talking about why we can lose touch with our desires\u2014through stress, self-sacrifice, fear of disappointment, and the habit of constantly putting our own preferences aside. Having desires doesn\u2019t make us selfish, ungrateful, or demanding. A desire is simply something we notice, value, hope for, or want to move toward. We\u2019ll talk about how to start listening to yourself again, why small preferences matter, and how creating a little more space can help you reconnect with what brings you joy and who you are becoming. Because a desire is not a demand, and learning to want again may be an important part of learning who you are and who God is helping you become!   ","author_name":"Lifting the Lifters","author_url":"http:\/\/liftingthelifters.libsyn.com\/website","html":"