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Dating is a place to practice how to relate to other people.

Henry Cloud

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Henry Cloud
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: March 17
Preacher
Psychologist
Vicksburg
Mississippi
People
Dating
Relate
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When a person travels through a few years with an organization, or with a partnership, or any other kind of working association, he leaves a 'wake' behind in these two areas, task and relationship: what did he accomplish and how did he deal with people?
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The fool tries to adjust the truth so he does not have to adjust to it.
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Training moments occur when both parents and children do their jobs. The parent's job is to make the rule. The child's job is to break the rule. The parent then corrects and disciplines. The child breaks the rule again, and the parent manages the consequences and empathy that then turn the rule into reality and internal structure for the child.
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Independence is not an option for us. Remember, God existed without us.
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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.
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A person who hasn't grieved a significant loss has unfinished business inside and can cause others great grief as a result.
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A good test of a relationship is how a person responds to the word 'no.' Love respects 'no,' control does not.
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The amount of truth a relationship can handle is proportional to the amount of perceived love that's present.
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Boundaries are basically about providing structure, and structure is essential in building anything that thrives.
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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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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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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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Endings are a part of life, and we are actually wired to execute them. But because of trauma, developmental failures, and other reasons, we shy away from the steps that could open up whole new worlds of development and growth.
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Good pain is pain in the service of a purpose. Bad pain is pain endured because we are resisting a needed growth step.
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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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One of the worst things you can die with is potential.
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It is true that you get what you tolerate.
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