As long as we stay in the dark about how we see the world and the wounds and beliefs that have shaped who we are, we’re prisoners of our history. We’ll continue going through life on autopilot doing things that hurt and confuse ourselves and everyone around us.
Questions are your pickaxes. Good questions are what open people up, open new doors, and create opportunities.
Happiness comes from being who you actually are instead of who you think you are supposed to be.
When you feel the need to apologize or explain who you are, it means the voice in your head is telling you the wrong story. Wipe the slate clean. And rewrite it.
When we get lazy and stop investigating the facts behind our opinions, we’re prone to taking on the views of whoever we like reading or listening to at the time.
We are often pursuing the renewal of our circumstances, but God is pursuing the renewal of our entire identity.
When you are connected with God and other people in life, you have a healthy soul.
Transformation always takes time, but time does not always bring transformation. Transformation into something greater takes a pilgrimage.
When our personalities are on autopilot they lull us into a half-sleeping state in which we find ourselves trapped in the same habitual, repetitious patterns of mindless reactivity we’ve been caught up in since childhood.
I don’t think I’m really listening unless I’m willing to be changed by the other person.