“Life is a delicate dance. We live in a society that governs we all get along. The invisible fine print, the unwritten rules and regulations state that we appease to each other's nature and in doing so, we by nature, seek to please.”
Source: Carnal Sobriety
“Tolerance does explain an escalating pattern of sexual addiction. Tolerance occurs in either fantasy or behavior. For example, an addict using benign fantasies to become sexually aroused may progress to needing sadomasochistic fantasies. Or the addict may switch from fantasies to behavior when the addict reaches a level of tolerance to fantasies alone.”
Source: Silently Seduced: When Parents Make Their Children Partners : Understanding Covert Incest
“It is important to understand when a woman is grieving her husband's sexual betrayal she is in the healing process. Men need to be patient, understanding, calm and stay present during these grieving periods. The guys who learn to do this well are the ones who see their wives recover faster and their marriages restored.”
“In individuals who initially felt defected, bad or “low value,” the positive feelings gained from attention and approval can lead to a habit of seeking out similar experiences repetitively to an unhealthy degree”
Source: How to Handle a Narcissist: Understanding and Dealing with a Range of Narcissistic Personalities
“Nobody should be in a position where they are suffering abuse at the hands of another, and if this is the case for you, stopping the abuse by leaving the situation is the only course of action to take.”
“Understanding what the narcissist finds threatening, entertaining and complimentary can be extremely helpful when deciding how best to “repackage” yourself- if this is what you want to do.”
Source: How to Handle a Narcissist: Understanding and Dealing with a Range of Narcissistic Personalities
“Invest in yourself to become the best version of you—because your growth is the gateway to your God-given greatness."
— Ms. Alisha Jackson, MSW”
Source: I AM A DIVINE WARRIOR: A Better Life Starts With You
“The love of family and friends can help ease the pain, but the only love that sweeps up the flattened, broken pieces and puts them back together is the unending, unconditional, unfathomable love of God.”
Source: Keep Walking: 40 Days to Hope and Freedom After Betrayal
“God was there with Jesus all along, and he is with you right now no matter how dark your situation may seem.”
Source: Keep Walking: 40 Days to Hope and Freedom After Betrayal
“This evening, which I have tried to spirit away, is a strange burden to me. While time moves on, while the day will soon end and I already wish it gone, there are men who have entrusted all their hopes to it, all their love and their last efforts. There are dying men or others who are waiting for a debt to come due, who wish that tomorrow would never come. There are others for whom the day will break like a pang of remorse; and others who are tired, for whom the night will never be long enough to give them the rest that they need. And I - who have lost my day - what right do I have to wish that tomorrow comes?”
Source: Le Grand Meaulnes