Value-Courage
You call yourselves the people of God,
but you trade his peace for power,
his justice for privilege,
his mercy for applause.
You march with his name on your banners,
yet your hands are heavy with division,
your lips are quick with scorn,
your hearts are closed to the stranger,
the widow, the child at the margin.
You cry “Lord, protect us,”
while denying his
... See moreWhat truly separates people isn’t some magical talent, but an almost irrational commitment to pushing through pain that would break most people.
That hotel wasn’t inevitable. No success is. Paying the price doesn’t guarantee success. Determination is necessary but not sufficient. You can sacrifice everything and still fail. The world is littered wit... See more
That hotel wasn’t inevitable. No success is. Paying the price doesn’t guarantee success. Determination is necessary but not sufficient. You can sacrifice everything and still fail. The world is littered wit... See more
the best preservative to keep the mind in health, is the faithful admonition of a friend. The calling of a man’s self to a strict account is a medicine sometimes too piercing and corrosive; reading good books of morality is a little flat and dead; observing our faults in others is sometimes improper for our case; but the best receipt (best, I say, ... See more
Relational Integrity: The practice of honoring a positive relationship while confronting hard truths. You hold both your care for the person and your responsibility to hold them accountable for their performance.
Relational Integrity doesn’t mean sugarcoating or avoiding decisions. It means being honest: using the strength of the relationship as a f... See more
Relational Integrity doesn’t mean sugarcoating or avoiding decisions. It means being honest: using the strength of the relationship as a f... See more
Breakup Dissonance: The internal conflict that arises when a leader's positive personal feelings toward a team member clash with evident professional underperformance. Most often, the leader will unconsciously devalue the relationship to justify the difficult decision to part ways.
most people don’t totally understand the meaning of guilt, an assertion that changed my view on the topic entirely. Dr. Becky posited that true guilt arises when we act out of alignment with our own values, but we often use the word guilt to describe something very different: the emotional discomfort we feel when our values-aligned decision trigger... See more
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Maturity is the ability to prioritize values before feelings.
The child does what feels right, the adult does what is right.
The child does what feels right, the adult does what is right.
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About praying the Psalms, Kathleen Norris notices how they “defeat our tendency to try to be holy without being human first.”
Mary Kate Teske on bravery:
“No one ever tells you that bravery feels like fear.”
“No one ever tells you that bravery feels like fear.”