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"Give me a break, Jen," Andrew sighs. "It doesn't matter how much I do, you'll find something to complain about. What about last weekend when I cleaned out the garage? And now I'm in trouble over a key hook?"
"Why do you have to turn everything back on me?" Jen asks, getting more agitated. "Why can't you just own the fact that you don't care about the keys? Or about what I want?"

"We need to look carefully at our angry thoughts and try to see if we are making errors in the way we interpret situations."

"Give your time freely when you want, but don't make the mistake of undervaluing this resource or feeling angry when others waste it."

“Wanting to help is not the same as actually being able to help.”

“It takes two people to keep an argument going.”

Forgiveness:
1. Identify the hurt and pain.
2. Put our hurt and pain in its proper perspective.
3. Ask if we are going to let our hurt determine our response?
4. Identify that this is an opportunity to allow others to be responsible for themselves.
5. Consciously choose to manage our hurt and anger appropriately.
6. Let go of our intention to control the situation.

Repeat sentence on pg 59 and 61.

Not to be that person, but…. “then” should be “than” on bullet three….

“The calm that comes from meditation increases patience and reduces reactivity.”

“There is no way anyone can put a bandage on this hurt. Our pain must be experienced so we can heal and move on with our life.”

“And after all that she has been through, after all that was taken from her, she still finds joy in the smallest of things.”

“You’re too precious to put into words…. If you asked him why he cared about them so, he would tell you it’s because they exist at all.”

“A life without hope isn’t a life lived at all.”

"You. You were the most unexpected thing of all."
"Because of who you are. I know you don't see it. But I see it enough for the both of us. You make me feel like I'm burning up from the inside out."

“You’re a Phoenix.”

“That quiet, beautiful smile that felt like seeing the ocean for the first time.”

“Change comes when people want it enough.”

“What a daft little bitch”.

“He needs to be encouraged, not feared”.