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.
HENRY CLOUDBecause 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.
More Henry Cloud Quotes
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We need rest not just so we feel better. We need rest for actual creation of what we’re going to need the next day.
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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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Being right can never compete with doing well.
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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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If people are really narcissistic or have a need to be seen as more than they really are, or to be admired as having it all together, then they cannot be followed and trusted by others.
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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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A person who hasn’t grieved a significant loss has unfinished business inside and can cause others great grief as a result.
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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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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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Spouses in healthy relationships cherish each other’s space and are champions of each other’s causes.
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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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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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The business of church is ultimately people. You’re trying to heal people, grow people, teach people, and mend people. And when leaders spend all of their time helping and growing other people, they ignore their own growth.
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Love can only exist where freedom and responsibility are operating.
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It is true that you get what you tolerate.
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