By Rachel Simmons — 2015
It’s not easy to let our kids be less than perfect.
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People’s sense of self-worth is pivotal to their ability to look clearly at the hurt they’ve caused. The more solid one’s sense of self regard, the more likely that that person can feel empathy and compassion for the hurt party, and apologize from an authentic center.
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Whether you said something out of anger and hurt your partner’s feelings or you completely forgot about a deadline for work, your next move is critical. So on today’s Friday Fix, I share the exact things you should say to increase the chances that your apology will be accepted.
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Despite our best-laid plans, life is difficult, and we sometimes experience anger, anxiety, frustration, and doubt. This emotional chaos can negatively affect the way we live our lives.
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When forgiveness experts talk in binary language (’You either forgive the wrongdoer or you are a prisoner of your own anger and hate’), they are collapsing the messy complexity of human emotions into a simplistic dichotomous equation.
Letting ourselves be forgiven is one of the most difficult healings we will undertake. And one of the most fruitful.
Everyone thinks forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive.
I think that if God forgives us we must forgive ourselves. Otherwise, it is almost like setting up ourselves as a higher tribunal than Him.
Jackson MacKenzie has helped millions of people in their struggle to understand the experience of toxic relationships. His first book, Psychopath Free, explained how to identify and survive the immediate situation.
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