William P. YoungDid I hear God call me an idiot?371Hope
William P. YoungIt's quite simple really. Being always transcends appearance-that which only seems to be. Once you begin to know the being behind the very pretty or very ugly face, as determined … ▶362Truth
William P. YoungLove is much stronger than your fault could ever be. ✨ The Shack. Book by William P. Young, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 2007.374LoveReading
William P. YoungYou cannot produce trust just like you cannot 'do' humility. It either is or is not.374Humor
William P. YoungGrace doesn't depend on suffering to exist, but where there is suffering you will find grace in many facets and colors. ✨ The Shack. Book by William P. Young, May, 2007.342Reading
William P. Youngthose who are afraid of freedom are those who cannot trust us to live in them. Trying to keep the law is actually a declaration of independence, a way of keeping control353Politics
William P. YoungPerhaps there is supranatural: reason beyond the normal definitions of fact or data-based logic; something that only makes sense if you can see a bigger picture of reality. Maybe … ▶353HopeTruth
William P. YoungThe soul is healed by being with children. --Fyodor Dostoyevsky342Death
William P. YoungThere is always risk in relationships, but bottom line? The world has no meaning apart from relationships. Some are just messier than others, some are seasonal, others are difficu… ▶342Philosophy
William P. YoungI often find that getting head issues out of the way first makes the heart stuff easier to work on later.331Love
William P. YoungSo many believe that it is love that grows, but it is the knowing that grows and love simply expands to contain it.332Love
William P. YoungWhy do children love to hide and seek? Ask any person who has a passion to explore and discover and create. The choice to hide so many wonders from you is an act of love that is a… ▶377LifeLove
William P. YoungI am what some would say 'holy, and wholly other than you.' The problem is that many folks try to grasp some sense of who I am by taking the best version of themselves, projecting… ▶378ThoughtTruth
William P. YoungI was raised in a tribal situation, among cannibal people.356Humanity
William P. YoungSo no, I’m not too big on religion...and not very fond of politics or economics either...And why should I be? They are the man-created trinity of terrors that ravages the earth an… ▶378HumanityPolitics
William P. YoungPain has a way of clipping our wings and keeping us from being able to fly... And if left unresolved you can almost forget that you were ever created to fly in the first place. 324ReadingSadness
William P. YoungTruth will set you free. And Truth has a name.357Truth
William P. YoungForgiveness is not about forgetting. It is about letting go of another person's throat.281Philosophy
William P. YoungLove is not the limitation; love is the flying.314Love
William P. Young...humans are not defined by their limitations, but by the intentions that I have for them; not by what they seem to be, but by everything it means to be created in my image.358Humanity
William P. YoungSometimes honesty can be incredibly messy303TimeTruth
William P. YoungMackenzie, 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… ▶325Love
William P. YoungForgiveness 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. Wh… ▶314HumanityThoughtTruth
William P. YoungYou do understand, she continued, that unless I had an object to love -- or, more accurately, a someone to love -- if I did not have such a relationship within myself, then I woul… ▶326Love
William P. Young...if anything matters then everything matters. Because you are important, everything you do is important. Every time you forgive, the universe changes; every time you reach out a… ▶348LifeLoveTime
William P. YoungIt is not the nature of love to force a relationship, but it is the nature of love to open the way.348Love
William P. YoungLiving unloved is like clipping a bird's wings and removing its ability to fly. ✨ The Shack. Book by William P. Young, July 17, 2008.282LifeLoveReading
William P. YoungJesus picked up the conversation. As the crowning glory of creation, you were made in Our image, unencumbered by structure and free to simply 'be' in relationship with Me and one … ▶3510Hope
William P. YoungIf a rainbow makes a sound, or a flower as it grows, that was the sound of her laughter.316Humor
William P. YoungI really do believe that God is love, one of deep affection and grace and forgiveness and inspiration.306Love