{"author":"David W. Earle","author_id":"David+W.+Earle","total_quotes":99,"quotes":[{"text":"Change is threatening to the status quo.","author":"David W. Earle","tags":["change","dysfunction","love","recovery","relationships"],"id":8166,"author_id":"David+W.+Earle"},{"text":"Black and white thinking limits understanding and feedback, two necessary ingredients for successful resolution in creative conflict and successful understanding.","author":"David W. Earle","tags":["black-and-white","change","chaos","communication","control","dysfunctional","families","love","recovery","thinking","trust"],"id":12454,"author_id":"David+W.+Earle"},{"text":"If you are looking for love under rocks or bringing home water moccasins, you might be confusing love and pain.","author":"David W. Earle","tags":["change","dysfunctional","dysfunctional-families","family","love","pain","recovery","relationships"],"id":15008,"author_id":"David+W.+Earle"},{"text":"Codependency is a learned set of behaviors, thought processes, and habits. When combined together, they fit a very loose definition. All people exhibit these traits to some degree, but some of us allow them to dictate our relationships with others and ourselves.","author":"David W. Earle","tags":["change","chaos","co-dependence","dysfuctional","dysfunctional-families","love","relationships","traits"],"id":15787,"author_id":"David+W.+Earle"},{"text":"Being real is being true to you.","author":"David W. Earle","tags":["change","chaos","dysfunctional","emotions","family","love","real","trust"],"id":23368,"author_id":"David+W.+Earle"},{"text":"Acceptance is the most beautiful word in any language; this beautiful concept can only exist when you allow other people to be who they are and do not imprison them with your definition of what is right, proper, correct, or other limiting criteria. Decreasing the black and white in your thinking allows for an expansive area of gray, allowing you to live your life and others to live there life. Acceptance sets us all free! This simple change of thought creates a wonderful space for happiness to thrive.","author":"David W. Earle","tags":["acceptence","change","dysfunctional","famlies","love","recovery"],"id":29206,"author_id":"David+W.+Earle"},{"text":"No matter how I want things to stay the same, no matter how discomforting change can be, I am stuck with the certainty that all molecules vibrate; all things are in constant motion; and change will happen. I can either accept that truth or suffer depression when I do not accept the reality that surrounds me. Change is constant; I am not the same person today as the person who put his head down on the pillow last night. Iron Mask.","author":"David W. Earle","tags":["acceptence","change","reality","spirituality","steps"],"id":35873,"author_id":"David+W.+Earle"},{"text":"Acceptance” is the most beautiful word in the English language.","author":"David W. Earle","tags":["acceptence","change","recovery","spirituality","steps"],"id":46845,"author_id":"David+W.+Earle"},{"text":"When you wear a mask, you are not real.","author":"David W. Earle","tags":["change","chaos","dysfunctional","families","love","real","recovery","trust"],"id":48107,"author_id":"David+W.+Earle"},{"text":"Boundary violations are deeply experienced.","author":"David W. Earle","tags":["boundaries","chaos","dysfunctional-families","love","relationships"],"id":55104,"author_id":"David+W.+Earle"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":99,"pages":10,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}