Nothing clarifies boundaries more than forgiveness…It is much better to receive grace from God, who has something to give, and to forgive those who have no money to pay their debt with. This ends your suffering, because it ends the wish for repayment that is never forthcoming and that makes your heart sick because your hope is deferred. If you do not forgive, you are demanding something your offender does not choose to give, even if it is only confession of what he did. This “ties” him to you and ruins boundaries. Let the dysfunctional family (or friendship) you came from go. Cut it loose, and you will be free.
– quote from Boundaries by Henry Cloud
Why does a person become the person he becomes? Why do you grow up to become who you become? Estimates are that we use 5% of our potential of our entire day. Most people desire to succeed, but what is success? Success is nothing more than a progressive realization of a worthy ideal. Any person working towards… Continue Reading
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When I launched into Switch, I could hardly put it down. The ideas and thoughts expressed in many ways were so simple and yet had profound impact on me in the way I view change, recoginizing the issue at hand that needs change, how I / others process the thoughts and action plan on implementing change,… Continue Reading
The One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson #1 set One Minute Goals: Agree on your goals. See what good behavior looks like. Write out in 250 words or less that follow observable and measureable behavior terms, not attitudes or feelings. Read and re-read your goals. Monitor your performance and see whether your… Continue Reading
Brooke let me borrow this book from her and I want to post my highlights from it, sort of a book report on it (so that I can remind myself later after I have returned it to her) Simplify Your Life by Elaine St. James Let your boat of life be light, packed with only… Continue Reading
