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When we see others as the enemy, we risk becoming what we hate. When we oppress others, we end up oppressing ourselves. All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others.

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A person is a person through other persons; you can’t be human in isolation; you are human only in relationships.
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Alone Human Person Relationship
Transformation begins in you, wherever you are, whatever has happened, however you are suffering. Transformation is always possible.
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We are made for loving. If we don’t love, we will be like plants without water.
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Love Philosophy Plant
Life of wholeness does not depend on what we experience. Wholeness depends on how we experience our lives
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We do not heal in isolation. When we reach out and connect with one another—when we tell the story, name the hurt, grant forgiveness, and renew or release the relationship—our suffering begins to transform.
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Dear Child of God, I write these words because we all experience sadness, we all come at times to despair, and we all lose hope that the suffering in our lives and in the world will ever end.
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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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Don’t raise your voice, improve your argument.
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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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Beginning Forget Forgiveness Philosophy
We are not responsible for what breaks us, but we can be responsible for what puts us back together again. Naming the hurt is how we begin to repair our broken parts.
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Break Healing Hurt Repair Responsibility Togetherness
We are fragile creatures, and it is from this weakness, not despite it, that we discover the possibility of true joy.
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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 is simply about understanding that every one of us is both inherently good and inherently flawed.
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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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Within every hopeless situation and every seemingly hopeless person lies the possibility of transformation
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We must be ready to learn from one another, not claiming that we alone possess all truth and that somehow we have a corner on God.
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When we see others as the enemy, we risk becoming what we hate. When we oppress others, we end up oppressing ourselves. All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others.

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When we see others as the enemy, we risk becoming what we hate. When we oppress others, we end up oppressing ourselves. All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others.

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