Practicing freedom and control is seldom easy, but it becomes easier once you see the benefits. Part of the difficulty is control people are often “good people up to no good.” I could be the poster child for the control person disease. It created severe damage in all my relationships. Control is a tough issue for most people. 

You may have good or bad intentions to control. If your intentions are good, you may think – since people are free, will they take care of themselves? Will they make wise choices? Will they be responsible? If they are irresponsible, how will that reflect on me? How much can I trust they will make good decisions when they are not as _____ (fill in the blank) as me? Since they do not know all the dangers, I need to step in and prevent them from making bad choices.