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The mature person meets the demands of life, while the immature person demands that life meet her demands.

Henry Cloud

We all make mistakes, but the people who thrive from their mistakes are the successful ones.
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Anand Thakur
To rescue people from the natural consequences of their behavior is to render them powerless.
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Consequence Natural People Power Rescue
Confronting an irresponsible person is not painful to him; only consequences are.
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Endings are a part of life, and we are actually wired to execute them. But because of trauma, developmental failures, and other reasons, we shy away from the steps that could open up whole new worlds of development and growth.
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Dating should be a part of your life, not your life a part of dating. There is more to life than finding a date.
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Date Finding Life
When truth presents itself, the wise person see the light, takes it in, and makes adjustments. The fool tries to adjust the truth so he does not have to adjust to it.
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Adjust Person Present Truth Wisdom
People tend to look at dating sort of like a safari – like they’re trying to land the trophy.
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Award Date People Perspective Relationship
We change our behavior when the pain of staying the same becomes greater than the pain of changing. Consequences give us the pain that motivates us to change.
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Behavior Change Motivational Ourselves Pain
There’s no better way to become a disintegrated character than to be your own authority.
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The opposite of bad is not good.The opposite of bad is love
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Being right can never compete with doing well.
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Complete Right
Leadership is not taken, it is given. People give leadership to those that they trust. They allow people that they trust to have influence over their lives.
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Anger is frustration at the fact that we are not God, and do not have control over reality.
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Angry Control Fact Frustration Ourselves Reality
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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Character Children Criticism Freedom Growth Life Stop
Christianity is not about morality. It’s about reality.
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Morals Reality Religious
The natural response to evaluation is to feel judged. We have to mature to a place where we respond to it with gratitude, and love feedback.
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Anand Thakur

The mature person meets the demands of life, while the immature person demands that life meet her demands.

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