The events and circumstances of life aren’t going anywhere; people make a lot of decisions every day that affect us all, and suffering of some sort for you and your loved ones is inevitable. That said, I wholeheartedly believe that although events and circumstances can’t be controlled, we can control our reactions to these events and circumstances. This is mind-management in action.
— Caroline Leaf, Autorin und Kommunikationspathologin
Source: Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess
Topics: Suffering & the Question of God, Courage & Strength, Wisdom & Understanding
Occasions: Encouragement, For Reflection
Caroline Leaf
Caroline Leaf (geboren 1963) ist eine südafrikanisch-US-amerikanische Kommunikationspathologin, Buchautorin und Vortragsrednerin im freikirchlich-charismatischen Umfeld. Sie wurde durch Bestseller wie „Switch On Your Brain“ bekannt, in denen sie biblische Aussagen zur Sinneserneuerung mit Konzepten der Neuroplastizität und mentalen Entgiftung verknüpft. Bibellesern bietet sie alltagsnahe Impulse zum Umgang mit belastenden Denkmustern, steht jedoch wegen methodisch fragwürdiger neurowissenschaftlicher Behauptungen und einer pauschalen Reduktion von Krankheitsursachen auf falsches Denken in der Kritik.
All quotes by Caroline Leaf (40)
In our own woundedness, we can become sources of life for others.
Henri Nouwen
Ultimately mourning means facing what wounds us in the presence of One who can heal.
Henri Nouwen
C.S. Lewis
When we are crushed like grapes, we cannot think of the wine we will become.
Henri Nouwen
He has chosen not to heal me, but to hold me. The more intense the pain, the closer His embrace.
Joni Eareckson Tada
Etty Hillesum
God writes straight even on crooked lines.
Paul Claudel
God lets us walk no path that he himself has not walked, and on which he does not go ahead of us.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer