Emotions are our spontaneous response to life. We have these emotions, but if the emotion is a negative emotion, then I have a choice to say, "I am feeling sad tonight because this happened, but I am not going to let my sadness keep me from engaging my wife in conversation. "

I am amazed by how many individuals mess up every new day with yesterday.

Very few alcoholics get into a treatment program until they are at the end of the rope, often when they feel like they are about to lose something that is important to them, namely a wife or their family. The same is true with those who are physically and verbally abusive.

Love is reaching out to try to get to the other person.

Recent research has indicated that the average individual listens for only seventeen seconds before interrupting and interjecting his own ideas.

What we dislike in others is often a weakness in our own lives.

Forgiveness is not a feeling; it is a commitment. It is a choice to show mercy, not to hold the offense up against the offender. Forgiveness is an expression of love.