Courageous hope of caring for our loneliness.
Intensely intimate, yet separate, as opposed to turning away and withdrawing. John 17:22
Willing to settle down and take a deep breath. Psalm 46:10
Falling together rather than falling apart, taking in the emotions rather than getting them out of your system. A growing and maturing intimacy with our shame allows us to kiss it good-bye, learning to tolerate it's pain without holding on to it. Job 11:15
Well-surrounded rather than well-rounded. Proverbs 27:17
Big hat and no cattle. Proverbs 14:4
The focus is often on damage control instead of self-developement, on one's weaknesses rather than on one's strengths. Our potential to grow is through our strengths. They are how we are uniquely wired and most of our energy should be geared toward them.
Insight doesn't set you free but reveals where the real fight(issue) is.
Reveals and heals the anxiety of both relaxing and relating not only to one another but to oneself.
Hearing the presence of peace, not the absence of sound. Zephaniah 3:17
Able to lead in the gray area of the intangibles.
From the seesaw to the swing.
Non-verbal communication. James 4:9,10
I distinctly remember forgetting that. Psalm 103:9-12
Putting words to how you feel. What you know in your head is now heartfelt. 1 Corinthians 14:15
The distraction of pain is less painful than the pain of distraction. We've all heard at one time or another "You're such a pain". The pain of that statement lies in the blow to our pride. We take it personally and become distracted.
Our pride keeps us focused on ourselves. We can't bear to have our weaknesses revealed so we begin to channel all of our energies to the painful acceptance of hating our weaknesses.
Then we begin to believe the overly simplistic meaning behind "no pain, no gain" instead of “present pain with gain, future gain less distracted”. Philippians 3:10,11
The pain of distraction is more painful than the distraction of pain.
Touchdown in the Inn Zone. Luke 2:7
Mining my own business. Job 23:10
The secret to prayer. Matthew 6:6
Wishing is enduring the present waiting for the future. Waiting is learning joy in what is happening now. To wait for death is different than wishing for it. Philippians 1:23-26