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Everything has seasons, and we have to be able to recognize when something’s time has passed and be able to move into the next season. Everything that is alive requires pruning as well, which is a great metaphor for endings.

Henry Cloud

Things 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.
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Change Decision Marriage Responsibility
To rescue people from the natural consequences of their behavior is to render them powerless.
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Consequence Natural People Power Rescue
The human heart will seek to be known, understood, and connected with above all else. If you do not connect, the ones you care about will find someone who will.
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Connection Finding Heart Human Known Seek Willing
Christianity is not about morality. It’s about reality.
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Morals Reality Religious
Be Hard on the issue, Soft on the person.
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Issues Person Problem Relationship Soft
If you are building a culture where honest expectations are communicated and peer accountability is the norm, then the group will address poor performance and attitudes.
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Attitude Build Communication Culture Expectation Honesty Performance
In the end, as a leader, you are always going to get a combination of two things: what you create and what you allow.
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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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You will not grow without attempting to do things you are unable to do.
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Attempt Growth Yourself
The amount of truth a relationship can handle is proportional to the amount of perceived love that’s present.
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Amount Love Present Relationship Truth
Love can only exist where freedom and responsibility are operating.
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Existence Freedom Love Operation Responsibility
Being right can never compete with doing well.
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Complete Right
You have to be able to face losing some things you might want in order to be free to do the right thing.
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Face Freedom Lose Order Right
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
Dating is a give and take. If you only see it as “Taking,” you are not getting it.
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Date Equality Yourself
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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Follow Narcissism People Togetherness Trust

Everything has seasons, and we have to be able to recognize when something’s time has passed and be able to move into the next season. Everything that is alive requires pruning as well, which is a great metaphor for endings.

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Everything has seasons, and we have to be able to recognize when something’s time has passed and be able to move into the next season. Everything that is alive requires pruning as well, which is a great metaphor for endings.

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