“You’re a river, Bones,” he said, squeezing my hands hard to get my attention. “You don’t break, you bend. If someone tries to control you, you find a new way around. People might think you’re just water, might think they have you
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“This focus on hell doesn’t just make conservative evangelicals ignore social welfare—it frequently causes them to actively oppose it.”
― Hell Bent: How the Fear of Hell Holds Christians Back from a Spirituality of Love
― Hell Bent: How the Fear of Hell Holds Christians Back from a Spirituality of Love
“You’re a river, Bones,” he said, squeezing my hands hard to get my attention. “You don’t break, you bend. If someone tries to control you, you find a new way around. People might think you’re just water, might think they have you contained, but you’re strong enough to cut a path through mountain rock and wild enough to wash everythin’ away when you rage.”
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“I don’t do spiritual activities out of guilt anymore. I have absolutely no reason to do that, because I don’t believe in a God who is out to punish me.”
― Hell Bent: How the Fear of Hell Holds Christians Back from a Spirituality of Love
― Hell Bent: How the Fear of Hell Holds Christians Back from a Spirituality of Love
“If I believe that you’re going to burn for eternity unless you listen to me and agree with me, then you are my project, not my friend.”
― Hell Bent: How the Fear of Hell Holds Christians Back from a Spirituality of Love
― Hell Bent: How the Fear of Hell Holds Christians Back from a Spirituality of Love
“Assertive self-talk is when you stake a claim for this moment of time, right here and now. When you start to talk in terms of “I am . . .” or “I embrace . . .” or “I accept . . .” or “I assert . . . ,” all of which are powerful and commanding uses of language rather than the narrative of “I will . . .” or “I’m going to . . .”
― Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and into Your Life – The New York Times Bestselling Tough-Love Self-Help Guide to Stop Self-Sabotage and Boost Resilience
― Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and into Your Life – The New York Times Bestselling Tough-Love Self-Help Guide to Stop Self-Sabotage and Boost Resilience
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