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True love never forces.

William P. Young

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William P. Young
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: May 11
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William Young
William Paul Young
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Thank goodness there are women in our lives -- that's all I can say. We get saved by the women in our lives.
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I often find that getting head issues out of the way first makes the heart stuff easier to work on later.
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Jesus was always challenging the dogma of religion. So, you know, it's not like I'm out there by myself.
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Part of my journey is to say that the soul of the human being must be a massively intricate, wonderful creation that God has a respect for in ways that we do not and that leaves a huge amount of space to go explore.
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Life takes a bit of time and a lot of relationship.
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All I want from you is to trust me with what little you can, and grow in loving people around you with the same love I share with you. It's not your job to change them, or to convince them. You are free to love without an agenda.
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You cannot heal yourself. You cannot heal anybody else. We're designed to do this in community because we were created inside community for community by community.
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Pain has a way of clipping our wings and keeping us from being able to fly.
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Today's minor irritations may become tomorrow's treasured memories. We often don't know what we are missing, until it's missing.
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I wrote a story for my kids. It's fiction. It's not systematic theology. It's not a new book of the Bible. It's flawed, I wrote it. All of that goes into the mix, but I love the controversy. It elevates the conversation.
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If you and I are friends, there is an expectancy that exists within our relationship. When we see each other or are apart, there is an expectancy of being together, of laughing and talking. The expectancy has no concrete definition it is alive and dynamic and everything that emerges from our being together is a unique gift shared by no one else.
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So many believe that it is love that grows, but it is the knowing that grows and love simply expands to contain it.
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The soul is healed by being with children. --Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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those who are afraid of freedom are those who cannot trust us to live in them. Trying to keep the law is actually a declaration of independence, a way of keeping control
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Paradigms power perceptions, perceptions power emotions.
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You cannot produce trust just like you cannot 'do' humility. It either is or is not.
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Responsibilites and expectations are the basis of guilt and shame and judgement, and they provide the essential framework that promotes performance as the basis for identity and value.
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Jesus? he whispered as his voice choked I feel so lost A hand reached out and squeezed his, and didn't let go. I know Mack. But it's not true. I am with you and I'm not lost. I'm sorry it feels that way, but hear me clearly. You are not lost.
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The intricacy and the inherent beautiful fragility of the human soul is such that it is uniquely damaged and only God knows how to heal it, and it's going to take time.
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