Loving Your Spouse When You Feel Like Walking Away Quotes

“Negative thinking tends to beget negative thinking. If you focus on how terrible the situation is, it will get worse. But if you focus on one positive thing in a situation, another will appear. In the darkest night of a miserable marriage, there is always a flickering light. If you focus on that light, it will eventually flood the room.”
― Gary Chapman, Loving Your Spouse When You Feel Like Walking Away: Real Help for Desperate Hearts in Difficult Marriages

“Many workaholics also feel unloved. The message they received from their parents was not, “We love you,” but rather, “We love you if … We love you if you make up your bed, put your dishes in the dishwasher, clean up your room, mow the grass, and make straight A’s.” Such conditional love sets a child up to become an adult workaholic.”
― Gary Chapman, Loving Your Spouse When You Feel Like Walking Away: Real Help for Desperate Hearts in Difficult Marriages