David Lawrence Preston

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  • Accept others as they are

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    Perhaps the biggest mistake we make in relationships is wishing other people were different and trying to change them. This leads only to resistance and resentment on both sides. They’re not going to change for you unless they want to. Accept people as they are. Be happy for others to be themselves. Few will measure…

  • The Seventh Principle of Relationships: Acceptance

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    ‘The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.’ Thomas Merton The Seventh Principle of Relationships is: Accept others as they are, not just as you want them to…

  • Peace of Mind

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    Peace of mind often seems elusive in this busy world. Nearly everyone agrees it’s an important ‘state of being’. How can we experience it? Is there a formula that could enable us to have it now and for ever more? Some think there is. Many Buddhists, for instance, associate it with a state of total…