PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT
5 Things to
Expect When
You Say, “I’m
Gonna to Do
Better”
by DiAnne Malone
H
ave you ever re-evaluated the
terms of your career paths, friend-
ships, boo-thang, marriage,
church membership, ministry
appoints, friends, enemies and frienemies
and said to yourself, “I’ve gotta do better
with that.” Over the past couple of year I’ve
been in that space. And I don’t mean just
fronting, like when I see a Facebook meme
and I’m all on some “Ah, yes I need to eval-
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uate the people in my space and clean out
the ones that leave trash behind.” No, I went
a little deeper. I really make the effort to
look at things from as many perspectives as
my little mind would allow and decide that
I would do better in my stewardship over
certain relationships.
Can you say fail?
Not one. Not two. Many times.
Here’s the thing. As soon as you say in