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"Others hide from being real by filling the air with words; the more words they throw out, the less actual communication happens and they are left with only an illusion of connection. This is the intimacy they so ardently seek but with these coping skills find so elusive."
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"Confrontation affords you the opportunity to hear the other side of the story."
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"Meetings! Meetings! Meetings!Do they ever achieve anything or do they just let a lot of hot air out of an already over inflated balloon?"
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Personal Development
"To rush into explanations is always a sign of weakness."
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Personal Development
"When you talk, use words that inspire you and others."
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Personal Development
"To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience ultimately one must have one's experiences in common."
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Personal Development
"The language of excitement is at best picturesque merely. You must be calm before you can utter oracles."
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Personal Development
"Wouldn't it be wonderful to be a natural communicator and know exactly what, when, why, and how to speak so that your message is conveyed and received as you intend?"
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Personal Development
"Active listening is key to all healthy and effective communication, however, it doesn't necessarily come easily."
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"A very unwise man once said, "He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words." A very annoyed woman once said, "He who does not want to communicate will never enjoy their silence for very long."
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"The longer a person's twitter @username is, the harder it is to argue with them - on twitter."
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"There are two ways of thinking. One is living life based on fear. The other is trusting. Letting go and allowing trust to control our lives takes mental gymnastics."
Trust
"The more judgmental a person is the sadder they are."
Emotion
"As a parent who raised his children in dysfunction, I know the parental wounds my children received were not intentional; often they were my best expression of love, sometimes coming out sideways, not as I intended."
Parenting
"Often self-love is replaced with self- loathing, compounded by beating ourselves up. We become experts at putting ourselves down, judging ourselves, and finding fault. This creates deep shame that says 'I am a mistake instead of saying 'I made a mistake."
Self-Love
"Chaos limits the free-flow of love and becomes a roadblock to what family members want most and sadly, it becomes the normal for the family."
Family
"Putting labels on others creates a black hole of disregard where judgment thrives and schisms deepen."
Judgment
"Honoring your word is the fiber from which trust is built."
Integrity
"This imbalance causes resentments within the over-responsible and dependency with the irresponsible person and this dynamic becomes the destructive life-pattern not conducive to happy families."
Family
"The truth is, we tend to train people how we want to be treated. If others know you have wishy-washy boundaries then they are free to walk all over you; the results you become a doormat. We have actually trained others to do this when we will allow people to wipe their muddy feet on us. After all, we are doormats."
Boundaries
"Acceptance is the most beautiful word in the English language."
Acceptance
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