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It is remarkable how a seemingly insignificant action or event can change entire lives.

William P. Young

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William P. Young
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: May 11
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William Paul Young
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Disconnect your identity from what you produce, and that’s a hard thing for us because we think of our significance, worth and value based on what we do instead of who we are.
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If a rainbow makes a sound, or a flower as it grows, that was the sound of her laughter.
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I grew up fundamentalist, evangelical, Protestant. Those are my roots, and they are good roots. But it means the Pharisees are my people. I grew up with an image of God that was not helpful -- largely the face of my father expanded.
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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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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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Healing is as incremental and mysterious as the damage ... what took time, takes time.
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Truth will set you free. And Truth has a name.
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I'm not an actual author but an accidental one.
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Trust is the fruit of a relationship in which you know you are loved.
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I think that most creative fiction involves the transformational process, whether it is Dickens or Dostoyevsky and the writer in some sense is expressing their own journey through such a wilderness.
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I'm an accidental writer.
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Love is not the limitation love is the flying.
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It is not the nature of love to force a relationship, but it is the nature of love to open the way.
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Authority, as you usually think of it, is merely the excuse the strong use to make others conform to what they want.
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It is so easy to get sucked into the if-only game, and playing it is a short and slippery slide into despair.
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Nothing in life is ritual.
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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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In some sense every parent does love their children. But some parents are too broken to love them well& others are barely able to love them at all.
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God's voice had been reduced to paper, and even that paper had to be moderated and deciphered by the proper authorities and intellect.
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Transformation without work and pain, without suffering, without a sense of loss is just an illusion of true change.
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