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These last few weeks I’ve been blogging about the power of words. You no doubt have experienced how careless and cruel words hurt others and tear apart the closest of friends. Unfortunately, words have the power to even destroy someone’s reputation. A blogger wrote: “All my life I have...
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You, no doubt, have experienced the damaging effects of people gossiping about you. If you haven’t, consider yourself fortunate. Gossiping is such a popular way for people to spend their time, and tragically, the damage it can do spreads like a virus, until someone’s reputation is seriously...
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It’s been said, “knowledge is power.” Unfortunately, many people like to spread damaging information or intimate details about others, whether true or not. This is what is called gossip. It used to be that people called gossip, “dishing the dirt.” Whatever it’s called...
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One of life’s greatest gifts is having a best friend. If you have one, you are truly blessed. But you no doubt also know how painful it can be when there is conflict between you. Many a friend have spent sleepless nights due to a broken relationship with a best friend. Sometimes it’s difficult...
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"When you're honest, you don't feel so lost all the time.” The deeper we have gone into the subject of lying, the more we see how much pain and stress it causes everyone involved. Sadly, all of us have been affected by lying, whether our own or someone else’s. I’ve been...
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In my previous blog, I talked about three things to do to help you stop lying: Admit you have a problem, Remind yourself of how lying messes up your life , and Tell someone when you lie . As promised, I want to give you a few more solutions to help put an end to this dreadful habit. Deliberately broken...
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There's no question lying is a horribly destructive habit. And any destructive habit leads to painful consequences. When we choose to lie, we choose to suffer. Think how much better off we’d be if we would stop lying and live in the truth. Listen to the words of Jennifer: “I was lied...
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Nobody wants to be friends with someone who lies. Believing a lie can cause all kinds of confusion and hurt. Many a person’s reputation has been trashed by someone else’s lie, and others believing the lie. So how can you be aware so you will know when someone is lying to you? It’s not...
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My blogs about of lying have generated a tremendous response. It seems everyone has been affected one way or the other by lies. Everyone agrees lying is a destructive habit that hurts you and everyone around you. This week, I want to talk about the powerful and damaging effects of lying. So how does...
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No one would deny that lying is a bad habit. Yet many people are clueless as to how big of a problem it is. Sadly, lying can become an unconscious and destructive habit. Let’s talk about the different kinds of lies and see if you recognize them. Types of Lies White lies: A white lie is often called...
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Many of us are not aware of all the lies we tell. Lying is almost always devastating. It hurts the person who is doing the lying, as well as the person being lied to. Sadly, it is all too common in most of our lives. Many of us are not aware of all the lies we tell. Still another person might lie all...
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Most everybody, at one time or another, has lied. Tell the truth now: that includes you and me. In fact, some people, sad to say, lie almost all the time. Psychologists call these people compulsive or psychopathic liars. They tell lies even when they don’t feel they have to. Everybody lies, but...
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As I have promised, this final blog in my series on abuse gives you specific ways to deal with it. Over the past five weeks, I just scratched the surface of the topic, and revealed the four main kinds: physical, sexual, emotional/verbal, and neglect/abandonment. There is always reason to believe you...
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I thought I’d blog on a topic few ever talk about, much less practice, but is incredibly important to our sense of peace and happiness. Let’s talk about how to seek forgiveness when you have hurt someone. When we hurt someone, we undoubtedly cause a broken relationship. Broken relationships...
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Over my last several blogs we have been taking an in-depth journey through the difficult topic of forgiveness. I say difficult because forgiving someone who has deeply hurt you is no doubt the hardest challenge you will ever face. But deciding to forgive someone who has deeply hurt you is also, unquestionably...
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Someone anonymously commented about a painful childhood at the hands of an abusive stepmother, and the power of forgiveness to heal their relationship. “When I realized that she doesn't have that kind of hold over me anymore, and I don't have the strength to hold a grudge anymore, I forgave...
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Forgiving takes time—the greater the hurt, the greater the time. For the last couple of weeks we have been talking about the whole concept of forgiving others. This is obviously an extremely important issue. Everybody has somebody they need to forgive. The spirit of unforgiveness and bitterness...
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In my previous blog we began to tackle the difficult but extremely important subject of forgiveness. Forgiving others who have harmed us is one of the most important things we will ever do. The happiness of our lives, or lack of it, rises and falls on whether we, by an act of our will, choose to forgive...
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Let’s talk about one of the most important keys to your happiness. It is a subject people talk about, but few understand or practice. Let’s talk about forgiving others who have hurt you. There's probably not a person in the world who does not need to forgive someone. As well, there is...