“Don't try to win over the haters; you are not a jackass whisperer.”
― UnMarketing: Stop Marketing. Start Engaging.
― UnMarketing: Stop Marketing. Start Engaging.
“Children are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called "All the Things That Could Go Wrong.”
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“Love is what we are born with. Fear is what we learn. The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and prejudices and the acceptance of love back in our hearts. Love is the essential reality and our purpose on earth. To be consciously aware of it, to experience love in ourselves and others, is the meaning of life. Meaning does not lie in things. Meaning lies in us.”
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“We’re not without hope; we just haven’t been seeing it. We’re not without power; we just haven’t been claiming it. We’re not without love; we just haven’t been living it.”
― Tears to Triumph: The Spiritual Journey from Suffering to Enlightenment
― Tears to Triumph: The Spiritual Journey from Suffering to Enlightenment
“One of the survival mechanisms of children raised in alcoholic families is an awareness of parental needs and feelings and of changes in parental moods and behavior. The Adult Child often makes a full-time occupation of mind reading with partners, friends, employers, and therapists. As a consequence, they earn a Ph.D. at the age of six in observing the behavior of others and assessing parental needs—but are in elementary school at age thirty, trying to learn to assess, label, or communicate their own needs and feelings.”
― After the Tears: Helping Adult Children of Alcoholics Heal Their Childhood Trauma
― After the Tears: Helping Adult Children of Alcoholics Heal Their Childhood Trauma
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