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There is an inverse relationship between control and trust. Trust is more of a two-way exchange than most people, especially those in power, realize. Leaders in government, news media, universities, and corporations think they can own trust, when, of course, trust is given to them. Trust is earned with difficulty and lost with ease. When those institutions treat constituents like masses of fools, children, miscreants,or prisoners, when they simply don't listen,it's unlikely they will engender warm feelings of mutual respect. Trust is an act of opening up. It's a mutual relationship of transparency and sharing. The more ways you find to reveal yourself and listen to others, the more you will build trust, which is your brand.

Dost thou want another eye beside that of Him who sees every secret thing?

Will therapy make you feel any better? Not if it's working.

This is one of the difficulties and pleasures of studying the Inklings; Christians all, they offer, along with the expected 20th-century psychological explanations for behavior, unexpected spiritual ones.

failure is costly, both to society and to individuals. Pretending that all people are equal in their abilities will not change the fact that a person with an average IQ is unlikely to become a theoretical physicist, or the fact that a person with a low level of music ability is unlikely to become a concert pianist. It makes more sense to pay attention to people__ abilities and their likelihood of achieving certain goals, so people can make good decisions about the goals they want to spend their time, money, and energy pursuing

A mentoring nurse to new doctors: "Check your own pulse first.

You're so haunted by other people's futures that you forget, the only future you cannot see is your own.

Almost everything I've done is technically wrong, but Paul never mentioned the mistakes, only the corrective measures.

In the reflected gaze of his (her husband's) steady admiration, she saw the face of the girl he had fallen in love with.

One must always forgive another's passion.

If you ask an Irishman for directions, he might be quick to answer, Well if I were going there, I would not start here.

Someone mentioned therapy to me once. I read a book instead. ~ Drew Stirling

The actions and emotional responses of others are not your responsibility. You cannot rescue people from themselves. This is for them to do. _ André Chevalier

their anxiety, justified or not, was genuine,

When is a train most free? Is it when it goes bouncing across the field off the track? No. It is free only when it is confined (if you will) to the track. Then it runs smoothly and efficiently, because that was the way that its maker intended for it to run. It needs to be on the track, structured by the track, to run properly. You too need to be on the track. God's track is found in God's Word.

Author has developed a routine of daily emotional debriefing with his kids as he tucks them in at night. To encourage the habit of keeping uncluttered, open heart, he starts with basic questions asking whether anyone has hurt them or made them angry to help them process at an age-appropriate depth. As they mature, he will add questions.

Part of the genius of (Nick) Sabin's system was that he understood that no matter the skill set, he was inheriting vulnerable kids from various backgrounds. For those times when they made poor decisions, as they invariably did, the safety net must be strong as far and wide as possible.

soon he__l reach for her because she__ beautiful, and she__ his wife. If she cringes away from him because you__e convinced her he isn__ good enough for her, how will that make him feel? If she submits to him out of obligation, how will that make her feel?What if she approaches him and later is ashamed of wanting her own husband because he isn__ good enough for her? It__l be hard for a marriage to last under those conditions. This isn__ what you want for Susan. Forgive him. Accept him. You__l be doing your daughter a favor.