The secret to loving perfectly is to be in the moment. We can’t love 10 minutes ago, nor can we love 10 minutes from now at this time. We can only love now, in the moment.

Just like in competition, our anxiety is intimately connected to insecurity and fear, which can usually boil down to a lack of trust.

We often find our worth in our achievements. This is a leading cause of our fear of failure. Who we are is not defined or measured by our success or failure.

Take a moment and think this one through. In what areas of our life do we have a “growth” or “fixed” mindset?

If we don’t learn to control our emotions, our emotions will control us.

Confidence comes from practice and preparation. In practice, we have the opportunity to train our minds as well as our bodies.

This chapter of the study was written to help us navigate the real desires we have for authentic and life-giving relationships and the struggles we face to get there.