Because 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.
HENRY CLOUDAnger is frustration at the fact that we are not God, and do not have control over reality.
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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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The mature person meets the demands of life, while the immature person demands that life meet her demands.
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Leave your pride, ego, and narcissism somewhere else. Reactions from those parts of you will reinforce your children’s most primitive fears.
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Consequences give us the pain that motivates us to change.
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Some goals are not going to fulfill you. Choose goals that you value and care about.
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One of the worst things you can die with is potential.
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When you encourage someone, it literally changes their brain chemistry to be able to perform, sends fuel to the brain.
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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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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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Love can only exist where freedom and responsibility are operating.
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Marriage is not slavery. It is based on a love relationship deeply rooted in freedom. Each partner is free from the other and therefore free to love the other. Where there is control, or perception of control, there is not love. Love only exists where there is freedom.
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In a very real way, ownership is the essence of leadership. When you are ridiculously in charge, then you own whatever happens in a company, school.
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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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People tend to look at dating sort of like a safari – like they’re trying to land the trophy.
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Values are sometimes worth living and dying for, and are certainly worth dating and breaking up over.
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