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Some goals are not going to fulfill you. Choose goals that you value and care about.

Henry Cloud

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Henry Cloud
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: March 17
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Independence is not an option for us. Remember, God existed without us.
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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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To get greater than 100% return on a growth step, give up defensiveness. Defensiveness stifles performance, and destroys relationships.
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True intimacy is only build around the freedom to disagree.
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In the end, as a leader, you are always going to get a combination of two things: what you create and what you allow.
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Values are sometimes worth living and dying for, and are certainly worth dating and breaking up over.
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Dating is a place to practice how to relate to other people.
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Boundaries are basically about providing structure, and structure is essential in building anything that thrives.
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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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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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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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The mature person meets the demands of life, while the immature person demands that life meet her demands.
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Christianity is not about morality. It's about reality.
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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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When leaders lead in ways that people's brains can follow, good results follow as well.
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It is true that you get what you tolerate.
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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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The sad thing is that many of us come to Christ because we are sinners, and then spend the rest of our lives trying to pretend that we are not!
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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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Love can only exist where freedom and responsibility are operating.
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