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There's no better way to become a disintegrated character than to be your own authority.

Henry Cloud

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Henry Cloud
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: March 17
Preacher
Psychologist
Vicksburg
Mississippi
Disintegrated
Authority
Become
Character
Better
Way

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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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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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It is true that you get what you tolerate.
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That is why success and fruitfulness depend as much upon focusing on the who you are as much as the what of the work you do. Invest in your character, and it will give you the returns that you are looking for by only investing in the work itself. You can't do the latter without the former.
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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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Successful people stick to what they are good at and find ways to make that larger.
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Love can only exist where freedom and responsibility are operating.
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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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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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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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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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He is the Truth, and He wants us to deal in truth with ourselves and our loved ones. We want the truth about you and your family to flood into and overrun the secrets that keep you in bondage to dysfunctional behavior and relationships
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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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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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True intimacy is only build around the freedom to disagree.
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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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Some goals are not going to fulfill you. Choose goals that you value and care about.
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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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Christianity is not about morality. It's about reality.
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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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