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Cornelia W
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No one reaches the highest peak of life unless they are willing to fall to the greatest depths.No one can experience deep,heartfelt joy unless he is able & willing to grieve to the core, even having hopes disappointed by not being fulfilled.
Gladness, therefore, is only for the courageous because it requires risking emotional & spiritual pain in the midst of a living lives as we are made to live-fully in relationship
— Jun 29, 2026 12:34PM
Gladness, therefore, is only for the courageous because it requires risking emotional & spiritual pain in the midst of a living lives as we are made to live-fully in relationship
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Cornelia W
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Without guilt, we missed the beauty of being loved. Through guilt, the heart confronts behavior, in turn, exposes the state of our hearts. Although guilt is never about the worth of a person, it certainly can be a voice of confrontation about the condition of that person's heart, whether healthily or impaired. It offers the opportunity to face truth and change.
— Jun 29, 2026 12:29PM
Cornelia W
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A gift of shame is that it keeps us from worshipping ourselves and our giftedness. We recognize our gifts and are grateful for them. We remember that we are more than our gifts and that we will never escape our natural inferiority: " i'm not a king or queen. I'm royal, but fulfilled only as a servant."
— Jun 27, 2026 06:32AM
Cornelia W
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Rage is another impaired expression of fear. It results from refusing to face our fear of vulnerability. Rage is a psychological expression that defends against vulnerability by disconnecting or denying true fear.
Rage and anger are not the same thing.
Rage rejects the fear of having desire, anger is an acknowledgment of the depth of our desire.
— Jun 25, 2026 07:39AM
Rage and anger are not the same thing.
Rage rejects the fear of having desire, anger is an acknowledgment of the depth of our desire.
Cornelia W
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Darkness isn't what the child fears so much.
He fears being in the darkness alone.
Vulnerability to need, once it has been rejected, becomes the object of fear. But in place of facing our fear through relationship, we grow anxious for control over our fears.
Darkness then becomes the problem, when originally not having vulnerability honored was the real problem.
— Jun 25, 2026 07:30AM
He fears being in the darkness alone.
Vulnerability to need, once it has been rejected, becomes the object of fear. But in place of facing our fear through relationship, we grow anxious for control over our fears.
Darkness then becomes the problem, when originally not having vulnerability honored was the real problem.
Cornelia W
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The benefit of awareness and truthfulness is that you and I see that no one is the king or queen. In fact, each of us is royalty and servant. Each of us has value - each has gifts and the need to give them.
This paradox - that in our weakness begins our strength, in our fear begins our wisdom - is transforming truth.
— Jun 23, 2026 10:19AM
This paradox - that in our weakness begins our strength, in our fear begins our wisdom - is transforming truth.
Cornelia W
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Impaired anger.
Anger's impaired states, depression and pride, express contempt for our passion and vulnerability.
Depression pushes passion back into the heart.
Pride denies the vulnerability revealed in anger.
Both impaired states are attempts to fight the heart's powerful desire for life, which is clearly revealed in anger.
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— Jun 18, 2026 08:11AM
Anger's impaired states, depression and pride, express contempt for our passion and vulnerability.
Depression pushes passion back into the heart.
Pride denies the vulnerability revealed in anger.
Both impaired states are attempts to fight the heart's powerful desire for life, which is clearly revealed in anger.
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Cornelia W
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"Self-pity is an attempt to manipulate others into taking responsibility for our heart's response and neediness. It’s an attempt to be valued, but with others doing all the work. Because we have been taught to mistake sadness for self-pity, we often dismiss our need to feel sadness as something to be hidden or denied an attempt to block the appearance of self-pity."
— Jun 11, 2026 07:00AM
Cornelia W
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Sadness is proportional - the more sadness you feel after a loss, the more you value what is lost. The more you live an open hearted life of fullness, the more you lose. Sadness gives us the gift of valuing and honoring life.
— Jun 11, 2026 06:57AM