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A very important but difficult piece of renewing relationships is accepting responsibility for our part in any conflict.

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Be nice to whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity.
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A very important but difficult piece of renewing relationships is accepting responsibility for our part in any conflict.
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Forgiveness does not relieve someone of responsibility for what they have done. Forgiveness does not erase accountability. It is not about turning a blind eye or even turning the other cheek.
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Accountable Eyes Forgiveness Philosophy Responsibility
We are made for loving. If we don’t love, we will be like plants without water.
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If you are setting out to be joyful you are not going to end up being joyful. You’re going to find yourself turned in on yourself. It’s like a flower. You open, you blossom, really because of other people.
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There is nothing more difficult than waking someone who is only pretending to be asleep.
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Don’t raise your voice, improve your argument.
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We are made for goodness. We are made for love. We are made for friendliness. We are made for togetherness. We are made for all of the beautiful things that you and I know.
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Forgiveness is simply about understanding that every one of us is both inherently good and inherently flawed.
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You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them.
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Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring.
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Forgiving is not forgetting; its actually remembering–remembering and not using your right to hit back. Its a second chance for a new beginning. And the remembering part is particularly important. Especially if you dont want to repeat what happened.
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You show your humanity by how you see yourself not as apart from others but from your connection to others.
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Discovering more joy does not, save us from the inevitability of hardship and heartbreak.
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We need other human beings in order to be human. I am because other people are. A person is entitled to a stable community life, and the first of these communities is the family.
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God is transforming the world now–through us–because God loves us.
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