Illusions - 5 views
Anything that can be categorized (gender, race, religion, age, socio-economic status) can become a way to dehumanize individuals within such groups. The differences we clutch to in our justificatio...
Living Right - 5 views
If I am living right, I will have no reason to think others don't deserve my love.
Rules of Behavior - 5 views
Rules of behavior can be conformed to hypocritically. We can tell the truth to make ourselves look good, act politely to hide an evil intention, and even speak kindly to make another person squirm....
My Contempt for Others - 3 views
My own contempt for others is the most debilitating pain of all, for when I am in the middle of it -- when I'm seeing resentfully and disdainfully -- I condemn myself to living in a disdained, rese...
Domination - 2 views
If you try to dominate people, you're already defeated. (Terry Dobson)
Expectations - 4 views
"When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are." ― Donald Miller
Curiosity - 4 views
Being curious and learning about the people in our lives helps remind us that we might be mistaken in our views and opinions of them; perhaps a strategy I've taken with a child is hurtful, perhaps ...
Control - 3 views
Control will sometimes coerce compliance but it will never win allegiance and commitment. When the methods by which we try to change people represent more efforts to control them, these methods ult...
A Problem - 4 views
It is a problem to insist that others need to change while being unwilling to consider how I, myself, might need to change too. (The Anatomy of Peace)
Foolishness - 4 views
Foolishness is more than not knowing; it's that deadly combination of arrogance and ignorance. (adapted, Paul Tripp)
Don't Give Up! - 4 views
Don't give anybody up, or leave anybody out. My continuing passion is to part a curtain, that invisible veil of indifference that falls between us, and that blinds us to each other's presence, each...
The Throne - 3 views
All of us need to be toppled off the throne of self... Perched up there the tears of others are never upon our own cheek. (Elizabeth Goudge)
The Worst - 3 views
People who prefer to believe the worst of others will breed war and persecutions while the world lasts. (Dorothy L. Sayers)
Kindness - 4 views
Kindness without love is not kindness at all. It's patronage, it's condescension, it's smugness and superiority. If you have been the recipient of this species of 'kindness', you know that you woul...
The Inner Shift - 5 views
An inner shift is required to hear the story of the enemy. For me the question is always about whether I can let go of my need to blame, and open my heart enough to hear. (Jo Berry)
The Voice - 4 views
Beneath all of our hiding and pretending and protecting and defending and accusing and criticizing, there is a voice whispering the answer. We don't need anyone to tell us -- we already know. I sto...
Your Destination - 4 views
One's destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things. (Henry Miller)
The Enemy - 4 views
When we see others as the enemy, we risk becoming what we hate. When we oppress others, we end up oppressing ourselves. All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others. (De...
Success - 5 views
Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others. (Danny Thomas)
Mr. Rogers! - 5 views
When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping." (Fred Rogers)
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