William P. Young
William P. Young
William Paul Youngis a Canadian author. He wrote the novels The Shack, Cross Roads and Eve...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth11 May 1955
CountryCanada
William P. Young quotes about
pain loss hands
Anger is the right response to something that is so wrong. But don't let the anger and pain and loss you feel prevent you from forgiving him and removing your hands from around his neck.
running lying trying
Through . . . lies you try to run your life and manipulate others. . . . Lies become an inhibitor in your relationship . . . .
caring position-of-power sick
Relationships are never about power, and one way to avoid the will to hold power over another is to chose to limit to onself - to serve. Humans often do this - in touching the infirm and sick, in serving the ones whos minds have left to wander, in relation to the poor, in loving the very old and the very young, or even in caring for the others who has assumed a position of power over them.
honesty sometimes shack
Sometimes honesty can be incredibly messy
want stills known
Even though you can't finally grasp me, guess what? I still want to be known.
perception emotion paradigm
Paradigms power perceptions, perceptions power emotions.
children healing healed-you
The soul is healed by being with children. --Fyodor Dostoyevsky
love-you humility fruit
Mackenzie, you cannot produce trust, just as you cannot 'do' humility. It either is or is not. Trust is the fruit of a relationship in which you know you are loved. Because you do not know that I love you, you cannot trust me.
powerful lying safe
Lies are a little fortress; inside them you can feel safe & powerful.
children broken parent
In some sense every parent does love their children. But some parents are too broken to love them well& others are barely able to love them at all..
way shack force
It is not the nature of love to force a relationship, but it is the nature of love to open the way.
life-is ritual
Nothing in life is ritual.
flower roots god-knows
You are the root, and only God knows that the flower will be.
dream jesus father
For me, everything is about Jesus and Father and the Holy Spirit, and relationships, and life is an adventure of faith lived one day at a time. Any aspirations, visions and dreams died a long time ago and I have absolutely no interest in resurrecting them (they would stink by now anyway). I have finally figured out that I have nothing to lose by living a life of faith. I know more joy every minute of every day than seems appropriate, but I love the wastefulness of my Father's grace and presence. For me, everything in my life that matters, is perfect!