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Being judgmental is a form of attack keeping others off balance.
— David W. Earle
The strange part about a person's lack of trust is that it often comes from not trusting themselves.
— David W. Earle
When I looked at myself through the prism of awareness, great tears came as I connected with how this wounded child felt.
— David W. Earle
Anger can enslave us, or it can provide freedom, all depending upon how it is used.
— David W. Earle
Teenagers can spot hypocrisy a mile away and here I was telling them how to cope when they witnessed the shambles of my own life and how I was living.
— David W. Earle
When someone obtains peace and serenity, this shines a bright spotlight on others' own unhappiness making their discomfort even more apparent.
— David W. Earle
Since the discovery of the fermented grape, humans have experienced the pain and the frustration of addiction.
— David W. Earle
They sought the pain they knew so well and called it love.
— David W. Earle
Change is threatening to the status quo.
— David W. Earle
Children have empty erasable white boards upon which big people write indelibly imprinted messages into their tender subconscious minds.
— David W. Earle
People pay a dear price when not dealing with the powerful emotions.
— David W. Earle
Humans can find many ways to hide from themselves in distractions and by being "busy.
— David W. Earle
Before the magic of recovery, I thought a perfect weekend involved hiding from myself with all the distractions life provides.
— David W. Earle
Being real is being true to you.
— David W. Earle
Rigid traditions capture souls
prisons of spiritual thought
man's religion has captured a god
grown too small and very weak. — David W. Earle
prisons of spiritual thought
man's religion has captured a god
grown too small and very weak. — David W. Earle
People who are unwilling to talk about deep personal issues do not trust their own emotions.
— David W. Earle
People build defenses around a weakness, not around strength. Where self-esteem is strong, a defense is unnecessary.
— David W. Earle
Sitting on the hot seat of change requires much courage, patience, and persistence.
— David W. Earle
War on Drugs...will only be won when we point our thumbs at ourselves and ask the hard question: "How am I contributing to this problem?
— David W. Earle
Addiction is a "shitty" disease
— David W. Earle
The more severe the dysfunction you experienced growing up, the more difficult boundaries are for you.
— David W. Earle
If you are looking for love under rocks or bringing home water moccasins, you might be confusing love and pain.
— David W. Earle
We violated each other's boundaries with verbal missiles of anger disguised in the pretense of "just kidding.
— David W. Earle
When anger is used correctly, it can have positive results!
— David W. Earle
World's definition of success
material validation of self
cold and naked substitute
for inner warmth and beauty. — David W. Earle
material validation of self
cold and naked substitute
for inner warmth and beauty. — David W. Earle
If one wants to be loved
and return it full score
dagger of silence
closes the door. — David W. Earle
and return it full score
dagger of silence
closes the door. — David W. Earle
Putting labels on others creates a black hole of disregard where judgment thrives and schisms deepen.
— David W. Earle
If we want to improve, first we have to recognize our own maladaptive coping skills, called codependency, then change.
— David W. Earle
Change is hard, difficult, painful, and often messy
— David W. Earle
Crossing the Ring of Fire is..moving from the emotional shutdown of numbness through the flames of fear and entering into the healing arms of change.
— David W. Earle
When we leave this life, we only get to take two things: the love we received and the lessons we learned.
— David W. Earle
The more judgmental a person is the sadder they are.
— David W. Earle
When you wear a mask, you are not real.
— David W. Earle
Granted, anger can be misplaced and is often destructive, but anger generates passion, and that energy, if used correctly, can be highly constructive.
— David W. Earle
Everyone needs a place to be honest.
— David W. Earle
From our behavior, we obtain certain results, and these results reinforce our beliefs.
— David W. Earle
Your feelings do not lie to you;
however, they may be based upon a false thought,or a true thought, or based upon incomplete information. — David W. Earle
however, they may be based upon a false thought,or a true thought, or based upon incomplete information. — David W. Earle
Only then can I fly.
Only then can I be free -
when I
let go of me. — David W. Earle
Only then can I be free -
when I
let go of me. — David W. Earle
When face to face with our demons our destiny is in reach.
— David W. Earle
Boundary violations are deeply experienced.
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Boundaries represent awareness, knowing what the limits are and then respecting those limits.
— David W. Earle
I, like you, was not depraved or defected before birth but created to be magnificent, a wonderful and freeing realization - simple but explosive.
— David W. Earle
Honoring your word is the fiber from which trust is built.
— David W. Earle
Controlling others is the cornerstone of dysfunctional families.
— David W. Earle
I looked into the face of addiction and it terrified me!
— David W. Earle
For many years, I searched for this connection outside of myself but always to no avail. It was only when I turned inward did I find this power.
— David W. Earle
All decisions involve emotions,ignoring emotions decreases the quality of the result.
— David W. Earle
Her screams are heard across generations who dared not scream
and died without joy,in silence and isolation. — David W. Earle
and died without joy,in silence and isolation. — David W. Earle
Listing someone else's faults is taking someone else's inventory, and usually starts conflict.
— David W. Earle
Chaos limits the free-flow of love and becomes a roadblock to what family members want most and sadly, it becomes the normal for the family.
— David W. Earle
Oh, because you're an alcoholic." Only when I heard those words did it filter through my own denial. Only then did I gain understanding.
— David W. Earle
Until I face the emptiness in my soul
and know this spirit within me,
I have not yet begun to live,
nor touched the face of God. — David W. Earle
and know this spirit within me,
I have not yet begun to live,
nor touched the face of God. — David W. Earle
Families living in dysfunction seldom have healthy boundaries. Dysfunctional families have trouble knowing where they stop and others begin.
— David W. Earle