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Be a Thermostat, Not a Thermometer

Be a Thermostat, Not a Thermometer

Daily Chase #72

Aug 12, 2025
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In every relationship, we face a fundamental choice: will we be thermometers or thermostats?

Thermometers simply reflect their environment — rising and falling with each shift in emotional temperature around them.

Thermostats, by contrast, set the temperature, influencing the environment rather than being influenced by it.

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