By Alissa Dedic
There are only two poems left in my back log of poems from the November 2025 Poem A Day Challenge. This is the poem from Day 28. In one week, on April 1, the April 2026 Poem A Day Challenge starts. Below are the links for the instructions to the November 2025 PAD Challenge Day 28 poem and the instructions on how to participate in the April 2026 PAD Challenge.
https://www.writersdigest.com/2025-november-pad-chapbook-challenge-day-28
https://www.writersdigest.com/2026-april-pad-challenge-guidelines
I think I wrote this poem after having a conversation with a friend about not losing ourselves. I am a recovering perfectionist. I learning not to people pleas. For me, the biggest issue with people pleasing this that it puts ideas in people’s heads and words in people’s mouths that they never thought or said. That is not fair because it doesn’t seek the benefit of me or the other person.
The biggest lesson I have learned in my recovery process is to be humble. This means not thinking about myself all the time. I need to think about others and how to take care of their best interests. Check out Philippians 2 for more information about what Paul had to say about humility.
I would like to highlight that Paul also wrote in Galatians 1:10 “Obviously, I am not trying to win the approval of people, but of God. If people pleasing were my goal, I wouldn’t be Christ’s servant (NLT).”
As Christians, Jesus calls us to serve Him wholeheartedly. There are some people, like me, who are recovering perfectionistic people pleasers. There are some people who are recovering followers of whatever trend or influencer is popular at any given moment.
I am sure there are other camps. The point is to be true to your commitment to following Jesus. Be true to who Jesus says you are in the Bible. Guard that identity in Christ like it is treasure.
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