{"id":31103,"date":"2020-01-22T06:48:59","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T12:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?p=31103"},"modified":"2020-01-22T06:48:59","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T12:48:59","slug":"love-hope-episode-4-both-of-us-are-broken-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?p=31103","title":{"rendered":"Love & Hope \u2014 Episode 4:
Both of us are broken people"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When I was young, I saw myself as a Golden Child who could do no wrong. I was going to be fabulously successful and wealthy and powerful.<\/p>\n

I started achieving early in life and I expected great things ahead of me. But when my newspaper company failed just before I turned 30, I was crushed. I didn\u2019t handle the loss well. It turned out that after my facade of success and perfection was stripped away, there wasn\u2019t much that was healthy underneath.<\/p>\n

It was a painful lesson, but I learned that we are all broken in some way. Until you finally fail \u2014 and learn the lessons you need to learn \u2014 you have no hope of becoming the person you need to be. And you\u2019re not going to find healthy and lasting love until you get vulnerable enough to be broken with the right partner.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not an easy lesson, but the alternative is miserable.<\/p>\n

Click or tap the \u201cplay\u201d button to listen. You can subscribe to Love & Hope through iTunes or any of the other major podcast directories. See the complete list here<\/a>.<\/p>\n