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Forgiveness is not a feeling it is a commitment.

Gary Chapman

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Gary Chapman
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: January 10
Author
Radio Personality
Writer
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Gary Demonte Chapman
Positivity
Forgiveness
Commitment
Feeling
Feelings

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One [reality] is that I am responsible for my attitude. I can be in prison, and I happen to get a chance to go outside. I can look at the mud, or I can look at the stars. I am the one who decides which way to look. That is true for every one of us.
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On the other hand, if I walk in the house, I don't even bother to find her, I just walk in the den and flip on the TV, get myself something to drink, sit down, start unwinding, I have influenced my wife in a very negative way.
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I cannot change others, but I can influence others... we can't change people, but we can and we do influence people, and we do it every single day.
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If we are to develop an intimate relationship, we need to know each other's desires. If we wish to love each other, we need to know what the other person wants.
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Love is the most powerful weapon in the world for good. I really believe that.
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Empathetic listening is an awesome medication for the hurting heart.
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The object of love is not getting something you want but doing something for the well-being of the one you love.
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Remember that your ultimate goal is for your children to grow up secure in your love, strong in their faith, and with sound character.
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The one who chooses to love will find appropriate ways to express that decision everyday.
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..there is hope. That's the marvelous thing about being human. We can change our future. We need not be enslaved by the experiences of the past. We can learn to love even when we have not received love.
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Isolation is devastating to the human psyche.
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Requests give direction to love, but demands stop the flow of love.
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I wrote this book [ Desperate Marriages] because of my own marriage. My wife and I struggled greatly in the early years of marriage. In spite of the fact that we were Christians before we got married, we prayed about getting married, we believed it was God's will for us to get married, and we still had great struggles.
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Many couples have never learned the tremendous power of verbally affirming each other.
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Every single day in a marriage, we influence each other. It is a matter of am I going to have a positive influence or a negative influence?
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Love is always freely given. Love cannot be demanded. We can request things of each other, but we must never demand anything. Requests give direction to love, but demands stop the flow of love.
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All of us blossom when we feel loved and wither when we do not feel loved.
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When I admit my own imperfections, it doesn't mean I am a bad person.
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Our spouse will usually interpret our message based on our tone of voice, not the words we use.
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At the heart of mankind's existence is the desire to be intimate and to be loved by another. Marriage is designed to meet that need for intimacy and love.
Gary Chapman