Boundaries are basically about providing structure, and structure is essential in building anything that thrives.
HENRY CLOUDThings don’t change in a marriage until the spouse who is taking responsibility for a problem that is not hers decides to say or do something about it.
More Henry Cloud Quotes
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Whatever’s happening today, remember it is only ONE SCENE in a long movie. Don’t treat it like it’s the whole story. Keep writing the story.
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To grow, we need things that we do not have and cannot provide, and we need to have a source of those things who looks favorably upon us and who does things for us for our own good.
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Because dating is a human exercise, it can be a tightrope fraught with danger. You will be dating imperfect people, and some of them are more imperfect than others. In addition, you are not perfect either, so that complicates the picture.
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Dating is primarily a numbers game. People usually go through a lot of people to find good relationships. That’s just the way it is.
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A culture is like an immune system. It operates through the laws of systems, just like a body. If a body has an infection, the immune system deals with it. Similarly, a group enforces its norms, either actively or passively.
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Dating is a give and take. If you only see it as “Taking,” you are not getting it.
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Couples often live out years of falsehood trying to protect and save a relationship, all the while destroying any chance of real relationship.
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Dating is about finding out who you are and who others are. If you show up in a masquerade outfit, neither is going to happen.
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For someone’s character to grow, it has to be free from internal attack. Falling down never stopped children from developing. But getting yelled at, criticized, and put down can stop them for life.
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One of the worst things you can die with is potential.
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Love can only exist where freedom and responsibility are operating.
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Independence is not an option for us. Remember, God existed without us.
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The extent to which two people in a relationship can bring up and resolve issues is a critical marker of the soundness of a relationship.
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Good pain is pain in the service of a purpose. Bad pain is pain endured because we are resisting a needed growth step.
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A leader’s responsibility is to cause a vision and mission to have tangible results in the real world.
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