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Love is an obsession. It has that quality to it. But there are healthy obsessions, and mine is one of them.
The amount of truth a relationship can handle is proportional to the amount of perceived love that's present.
After all my probing into the human brain, I should still be aware of mysteries and come up with them myself.
A good test of a relationship is how a person responds to the word 'no.' Love respects 'no,' control does not.
Faith goes beyond reason. It goes beyond what you can see. But it is as real as anything you can touch or feel.
Marriage doesn't just happen! It takes a solid set of decisions, a huge amount of skill and enormous willpower.
Dating should be a part of your life, not your life a part of dating. There is more to life than finding a date.
Boundaries are basically about providing structure, and structure is essential in building anything that thrives.
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.
In the end, as a leader, you are always going to get a combination of two things: what you create and what you allow.
Every human being must have boundaries in order to have successful relationships or a successful performance in life.
Good pain is pain in the service of a purpose. Bad pain is pain endured because we are resisting a needed growth step.
When you encourage someone, it literally changes their brain chemistry to be able to perform... sends fuel to the brain.
Part of executive functions is the ability to look to a goal deadline and assess where an organization is in meeting it.
A person who hasn't grieved a significant loss has unfinished business inside and can cause others great grief as a result.
Within the gendered institution of prostitution, race and class create a hierarchy with indigenous women at its lowest point.
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.
Never fear the golding of a sunset. It means more than just the closing of another day. But marks the brightness of a new dawn.
There is a difference between solitude and isolation. One is connected and one isn't. Solitude replenishes, isolation diminishes.
I think that God will provide opportunities and people and experiences, and everything we need to date and ultimately to find the one.
To get greater than 100% return on a growth step, give up defensiveness. Defensiveness stifles performance, and destroys relationships.
Dating is primarily a numbers game.... People usually go through a lot of people to find good relationships. That's just the way it is.
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.
Leave your pride, ego, and narcissism somewhere else. Reactions from those parts of you will reinforce your children's most primitive fears.
Whatever's happening today, remember it is only ONE SCENE in a long movie. Don't treat it like it's the whole story. Keep writing the story.
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.
As a psychologist, I can tell you that there are people who look very good in a group, but they're very different in a one-on-one situation.
Couples often live out years of falsehood trying to protect and save a relationship, all the while destroying any chance of real relationship.
The sad thing is that many of us come to Christ because we are sinners, and then spend the rest of our lives trying to pretend that we are not!
Just as we leave the effects of our work behind in results, we leave the effects of our interactions with people in their hearts, minds, and souls.
Closed systems run down and get more chaotic over time. Always get better by being 'open' to outside energy and templates of better ways to function.
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.
There seems to be this impression that if I really am a psychotherapist, I cant be serious about it. They think there must be something fishy going on.
Who a person is will ultimately determine if their brains, talents, competencies, energy, effort, deal-making abilities, and opportunities will succeed.
Leaders set a very clear path every day, in a thousand different ways, of what the people must attend to, inhibit, and keep it current in front of them.
There seems to be this impression that if I really am a psychotherapist, I can't be serious about it. They think there must be something fishy going on.
There's been a number of erroneous biographies, articles and so on written about Billy and we both thought it would be a good idea to produce a true one.
The work of a psychotherapist involves being empathic and insightful with one's patients without getting too lost in their painful stories to be helpful.
There was a special challenge in describing the awful childhood of a person who happens to be my own husband. It was very painful at times, for both of us.
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.
I don't think I'm generous enough to be the straight guy. I sort of make my own way and make my own statement. Do I mind pushing myself forward? Not at all.
Ive really written my books for my husband and our family. Theyve brought us closer together by allowing us to discuss things that were unspoken for so long.
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.
I would guess that the typical profile of a 'follower' is someone who is young and who feels marginalised, empty and pointless. They don't have an inner life.
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, et cetera.
I've really written my books for my husband and our family. They've brought us closer together by allowing us to discuss things that were unspoken for so long.
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.
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, et cetera.
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.
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.