Thursday, January 24, 2008

Six Stupid Things Singles Do To Mess Up Their Lives

Nancy Van Pelt, author of the excellent book, Smart Love, has written an excellent article on "Six Stupid Things Singles Do To Mess Up Their Lives."

You can find it here:

Choosing to Grow in Self-Awareness

Spiritual growth and maturity simply will not happen apart from relationships in the local church. In relationships we develop an accurate assessment of ourselves that is neither too favorable nor too critical. In relationships we experience a God-ordained channel of supply spiritually, intellectually, and emotionally. - C.J. Mahaney

People who are truly effective have the humility and reverence to recognize their own perceptual limitations and to appreciate the rich resources available through interaction with the hearts and minds of other human beings. - Stephen R. Covey

Relational Self-Awareness

There’s none so blind as they that won’t see. - Jonathan Swift

Being hypersensitive to the opinions others have of us, puts us into the false position of making their approval our court of appeals instead of our own conscience and self-respect. - William George Jordan

You may not like what you get, but you will never offend anyone by asking for an opinion, and you will never come away knowing less than you did before you asked. - Harvey Mackay

Do not be angry that you cannot make others as you would wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be. - Thomas à Kempis

When you choose to be pleasant and positive in the way you treat others, you have also chosen, in most cases, how you are going to be treated by others. - Zig Ziglar

The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but to reveal to him, his own. - Benjamin Disraeli

What kind of world would this world be,If everyone in it were just like me? - Unknown

People would worry less about what others think of them if they only realized how seldom they do. - Author Unknown

When looking at faults, use a mirror, not a telescope. - Yazid Ibrahim

Flatter me, and I may not believe you.
Criticize me, and I may not like you.
Ignore me, and I may not forgive you.
Encourage me, and I will not forget you. - William Arthur Ward

No one can take advantage of you without your permission. - Ann Landers

If you behave like a doormat, expect to be stepped on and don’t complain about it. - Suzette Haden Elgin

Be too flexible and others will bend you; not flexible enough and they will break you. - K. R. Hutchings

A high degree of empathy in a relationship is possibly the most potent factor in bringing about change and learning. - Carl Rogers

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

There are many ways to measure success; not the least of which is the way your child describes you when talking to a friend. - source unknown

People will sit up and take notice of you if you will sit up and take notice of what makes them sit up and take notice. - Frank Romer

When you were born, you cried and everybody else was happy. The question that remains is this: When you die, will you be happy when everybody else is crying? - Tony Campolo

"Leave a Message"

I dialed a wrong number and got the following recording: "I am not available right now, but I thank you for caring enough to call. I am making some changes in my life. Please leave a message after the beep. If I do not return your call, you are one of the changes."
- Contributed to "Life in These United States" by Antonio Curtis