David Van beveren

“It is an ironic paradox: being dependent makes us more independent.”
― Sue Johnson, The Love Secret: The revolutionary new science of romantic relationships

“Emotion is actually nature’s exquisitely efficient information-processing and signaling system, designed to rapidly reorganize behavior in the interests of survival.”
― Sue Johnson, The Love Secret: The revolutionary new science of romantic relationships

“When explaining providence, Wesley says, “Were human liberty taken away, men would be as incapable of virtue as stones. Therefore (with reverence be it spoken) the Almighty himself cannot do this thing. He cannot thus contradict himself or undo what he has done.”43 God must give and cannot take away free will.”
― Thomas Jay Oord, The Uncontrolling Love of God: An Open and Relational Account of Providence

“couples’ conflicts assume their true meaning: they are frightened protests against eroding connection and a demand for emotional reengagement.”
― Sue Johnson, The Love Secret: The revolutionary new science of romantic relationships