The High Road Is Closed


By Jackie Overstreet October 21, 2025

Why Being Right Isn't Enough—and What Heart Posture Really Means

Heart posture. We all have one. The question is: are you honest about yours?


You can't see into someone else's heart to know their true intentions. You can only watch what they do. And here's the hard part: if you're not careful, you'll frame every decision through the lens of your past. Trauma makes you see threats everywhere. Safety makes you see the world through rose-colored glasses. Neither is the truth.


I saw a video the other day where someone joked, "When they go low, we go high? Well, the high road is closed." I laughed. Because it's challenging to take the high road when someone's heart posture is hostile no matter how much love you show them.


The world says stand your ground and don't let people walk all over you. But here's what I was taught: even when you're right, you have to be righteous. It's not about what happened. It's about how you respond.


Healing isn't something that just happens to you. It's one deliberate step at a time. It's choosing to respond with grace even when you want to react. It's praying for the person who hurt you, even if they never change.


The Soul Esteem Journal gives you a place to process these moments—to be honest about your heart posture and realign it with who you're becoming. Because your healing depends on it.





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