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The fool tries to adjust the truth so he does not have to adjust to it.

Henry Cloud

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Henry Cloud
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: March 17
Preacher
Psychologist
Vicksburg
Mississippi
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It’s scary to realize that the only thing holding our friends to us isn’t our performance, or our lovability, or their guilt, or their obligation. The only thing that will keep them calling, spending time with us, and putting up with us is love. And that’s the one thing we can’t control.
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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.
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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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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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It is true that you get what you tolerate.
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Be Hard on the issue, Soft on the person.
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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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True intimacy is only build around the freedom to disagree.
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Successful people stick to what they are good at and find ways to make that larger.
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Encourage literally came from in courage. The courage is put into you from outside. Our character and abilities grow through internalizing from others what we do not possess in ourselves.
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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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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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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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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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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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The physicality of a real relationship - one that encompasses mind, body and soul - ultimately makes it more fulfilling and powerful than any virtual relationship ever could be.
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One of the worst things you can die with is potential.
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If your boundary training consists only of words, you are wasting your breath. But if you 'do' boundaries with your kids, they internalize the experiences, remember them, digest them, and make them part of how they see reality.
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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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