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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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Henry Cloud
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: March 17
Preacher
Psychologist
Vicksburg
Mississippi
Control
Fact
Facts
Reality
Frustration
Anger

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There is a big difference between hurt and harm. We all hurt sometimes in facing hard truths, but it makes us grow. It can be the source of huge growth. That is not harmful. Harm is when you damage someone. Facing reality is usually not a damaging experience, even though it can hurt.
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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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Dating should be a part of your life, not your life a part of dating. There is more to life than finding a date.
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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.
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There's no better way to become a disintegrated character than to be your own authority.
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When leaders lead in ways that people's brains can follow, good results follow as well.
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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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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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Successful people stick to what they are good at and find ways to make that larger.
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Be Hard on the issue, Soft on the person.
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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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One of the worst things you can die with is potential.
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Dating is a place to practice how to relate to other people.
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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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Faith goes beyond reason. It goes beyond what you can see. But it is as real as anything you can touch or feel.
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Christianity is not about morality. It's about reality.
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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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If you want to become healthy, you have to surround yourself with a group of people that are getting healthy and you have to be connected to a community that is doing what you want to do.
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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.
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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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