The world lies in the hands of those that have the courage to dream and who take the risk of living out their dreams - each according to his or her own talent.
You don't take insults. You leave them with the insulter.
What is easiest to see is often overlooked.
The Structure of Magic I by Richard Bandler and John Grinder is a delightful simplification of the infinite complexities of the language I use with patients. In reading this book, I learned a great deal about the things that I've done without knowing about them.
You can pretend anything and master it.
We always translate the other person's language into our own language.
How many of us really appreciate the childishness of the unconscious mind?
There was a band playing in my head, And I felt like getting high
I definitely had one guy come up to me and ask if I knew where to get DMT. He had a crewcut and he didn't look like he'd ever done a drug in his life. He didn't seem curious he seemed like he wanted to get me to do something. Like "You're the laziest narc ever dude. This is ridiculous. What, do you think I bring drugs around with me? Are you retarded? Why don't you go find gangsters?"
From the beginning, God designed a world in which his image bearers - male and female together - were his A-Team for getting things done in the world. It was more than "wouldn't it be nice if men and women could get along better. " God knew this was the way his world would work best and we would flourish as he intends. Men and women - together - in an alliance that received God's explicit blessing.
Weddings are important because they celebrate life and possibility.