A relationship of love

"For now I just want you to be with me and discover that our relationship is not about performance or you having to please me. I'm not a bully, not some self-centered demanding little deity insisting on my own way. I am good, and I desire only what is best for you. You cannot find that through guilt or condemnation or coercion, only through a relationship of love. And I do love you." (p. 126)

Its the Knowing that Grows

"So many believe that loves grows, but it is the knowing that grows and love simply expands to contain it. Love is just the skin of knowing." (p. 155)

And the most loving outcome

"There are millions of reasons to allow pain and hurt and suffering rather than eradicate them, but most of those reasons can only be understood within each person's story. I am not evil. You are the ones who embrace fear and pain and power and rights so readily in your relationships. But your choices are also not stronger than my purposes, and I will use every choice you make for ultimate good and the most loving outcome." (p. 125)

"I already told you that forgiveness does not create a relationship. Unless people speak the truth about what they have done and change their mind and behavior, a relationship of trust is not possible. When you forgive someone you certainly release them from judgment, but without true change, no real relationship can be established." (p. 225)

We Love You

"So why do I have so much fear in my life?"

" Because you don't believe. You don't know that we love you. The person who lives by their fears will not find freedom in my love."(p. 142)

"Emotions are the color of the soul; they are spectacular and incredible. When you don't feel, the world becomes dull and colorless." (p. 196)

The wonder and adventure

"But if I give up..."

"Then you would begin to know the wonder and adventure of living in me."
(p. 137)