Quotes About Growth

El sufrimiento tiene la asombrosa capacidad de abrirnos a nuevas verdades y de ponernos en movimiento.

A child doesn't say, "What's wrong with this environment where I am growing up?" They think, What's wrong with me?

We change our behavior when the pain of staying the same becomes greater than the pain of changing."6

It has been said that the real measure of our sense of self is when we are with our parents for more than three days. At that point we need to ask ourselves how old we feel. Have we gone back to our patterns of behaving more in line with our childhood, or have we broken free from our past to live in what God has for us now?

What are the hurricane winds, internal and external, that prevent us from becoming all God intends?

In retrospect, I can see in my own life what I could not see at the time — how the job I lost helped me find work I needed to do, how the "road closed" sign turned me toward terrain I needed to travel, how losses that felt irredeemable forced me to discern meanings I needed to know. On the surface it seemed that life was lessening, but silently and lavishly the seeds of new life were always being sown. — Parker Palmer50

Thus, disciplining ourselves to invest time, energy, and money in personal development is not a selfish indulgence, but one of the most loving things we offer to those we serve. Team

Part of growing into an emotionally mature Christian is learning how to apply practically and effectively the truths we believe.

As the wise, old Abbot Moses said when a brother came to him for a good word, "Go, sit in your cell [a monk's room], and your cell will teach you everything.

Nu er troldommen hævet i zonerne for den tidlige stivnen. Fordi nogen går bagved, bliver ensomhed til frihed. De områder, der før på grund af den tidligt manglende kærlighed var forurenede, bliver nu tilgængelige. Selv når der ikke mere går en terapeut bagved, står erfaringen tilbage: 'Det går; jeg går. Jeg ved nu, hvad jeg skal gøre for at leve.

Jeg erkender hos den anden altså netop det som fascinerende, som i mig selv lige nu er modent for udvikling. Forbilledspejlingen med det elskede menneske vækker altså i rette øjeblik mit eget livspotentiel.

Diversity really does matter. Inviting people into the conversation who make you uncomfortable is a very good idea. Sometimes

Diversity really does matter. Inviting people into the conversation who make you uncomfortable is a very good idea.

And there is, of course, a filter within yourself. When a book, or magazine article, or idea makes you uncomfortable, notice your exact reaction. If you're bored, move on. If you feel threatened, stay with it and see what troubles you.

Knowledge is the only kind of wealth that multiplies when you give it away

Think of your husband as a house. You are allowed to give him a fresh coat of paint and change out the furniture now and then. But if you're constantly trying to pour a new foundation or replace the roof, you're in serious trouble.

I think one thing that's really important is to not be afraid of your ignorance. If you don't understand how something works, ask someone who does. A lot of people are skittish about that. And that doesn't help anybody. Not knowing something doesn't mean you're dumb – it just means you don't know it yet.

When they realize, "Oh, my program's getting gigantic," what are they going to do? They're not going to know where to start. That's my first instinct because I'm a caveman. Really that probably doesn't even matter because you'll just throw more memory at it and it'll be fine.

People don't resist change. They resist being changed.

The only sustainable competitive advantage is an organization's ability to learn faster than the competition.

Look ... to go through life and call it yours -- your life -- you first have to get your own pain. Pain that's unique to you. You can't just dip into the common bin and say 'That's enough!

Look... to go through life and call it yours - your life - you first have to get your own pain. Pain that's unique to you. You can't just dip into the common bin and say 'That's enough!'...

All reined up in old language and old assumptions, straining to jump clean-hoofed on to a whole new track of being I only suspect is there. I can't see it, because my educated, average head is being held at the wrong angle. I can't jump because the bit forbids it, and my own basic force - my horsepower, if you like - is too little.

You can never turn the clock back and, since we're talking about mental health, I would stress that.