How People Grow

So, I decided to go back and read an old favorite recently. When I first joined staff with Crusade, reading this book and experiencing it with my teammates was truly life-changing for me. As I have been walking through a time of intentionality in processing my growth and how I am really doing, it has been good to go back and be reminded of some great wisdom in the growth process. I thought I would record some quotes that have stuck with me this time around and have really helped me to grow!

"It is a powerful dynamic when a person gets out from under the control of another. This freedom leads to autonomous functioning and self-control, an essential ingredient of responsibility."

"One of the most important tasks of spiritual growth is to understand how to suffer."

"If we are humble we will be willing to allow something uncomfortable to happen to us if it is the right thing to do. This is because part of being humble means not perceiving ourselves to have rights or privileges that we do not actually possess."

"While we need to confess and process pain, we also need to take back ownership of our lives."

"Grief can only be accomplished in the context of relationship."

"You can only let go of one trapeze if another one is in view."

"Relationship can't occur unless both knowledge and love are present."

"Grief is the one pain that heals all others. It is the most important pain there is."

"Beware of the man whose only tool is a hammer, for he sees every problem as a nail."

"When love is separated from truth, people cannot grow."

"The sobering reality is that, right now as you are reading these pages, there is no meeting currently going on somewhere else, in which the agenda is to make your life better. However, the more you own your life, the more things change for the better."