Quotes from our Text
“No one is against you. This person’s hatred is not about you. It’s about what’s missing in your relationship. Or it’s about what’s missing in this person’s attempt to find love and peace. Your purpose in this relationship is to find a greater sense of wholeness and worth and to be the avenue through which God’s love flows into the relationship.”
“If to “return to mountain” is synonymous with equanimity, peace, and harmony, the ancients believed that it could only be realized by becoming present to life, by embracing the “tigers” that crossed one’s path.”
“When you disagree but are willing to discover what is underlying the disagreement, you strengthen the relationship.”
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“When you disagree but are willing to discover what is underlying the disagreement, you strengthen the relationship.”
There are times when a situation arises that I may choose to go back to basics an journal using four key questions to gain greater clarity. The above quote remind me of the first two questions: what is behind this? and, what is not as it appears?
These questions lead to a greater depth of insight.