Not forgiving somebody is like drinking poison and hoping that the offender will get sick. - Gary Smalley - Quotesmemo.com

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Gary Smalley

Not forgiving somebody is like drinking poison and hoping that the offender will get sick.

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Affirming words from moms and dads are like light switches. Speak a word of affirmation at the right moment in a child's life and it's like lighting up a whole roomful of possibilities.

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Forgiveness involves pardon. Basically, that is like erasing their offenses toward us from a marking board. We immediately wash their offenses away like a wave washing away a message in the sand. Second, forgiveness involves caring for the offending person because most people who offend us have something in their own heart that needs healing. When we forgive others, they are released from our anger and we are healed by God.

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Life is relationships; the rest is just details.

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If a man truly wants to communicate with his wife, he must enter her world of emotions.

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Children desperately need to know - and to hear in ways they understand and remember - that they're loved and valued by mom and dad.

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