2. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers “Isn’t This A Lovely Day” from the movie “Top Hat” (1935) from the movie “Top Hat” (1935) from the movie “Top Hat” (1935) from the movie “Top Hat” (1935)
6. Everything in life that truly matters can be boiled down to Relationships
7. We are constantly involved with people. There is no escaping relationships. Unfortunately, we have developed patterns, cycles and behaviour that lead to a “destructive dance”. Unfortunately, we have developed patterns, cycles and behaviour that lead to a “destructive dance”. Unfortunately, we have developed patterns, cycles and behaviour that lead to a “destructive dance”. Unfortunately, we have developed patterns, cycles and behaviour that lead to a “destructive dance”.
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9. Practically all individual, familial, societal, communal, national, and global crises, small or large, can be reduced to one thing - the breakdown of relationships the breakdown of relationships
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18. When you have a healthy relationship with God, you are in the best position to see yourself as He sees you, which will result in a healthier relationship with yourself. When it is not healthy, you cannot see yourself properly and you lack the power to change or enjoy life as He intended. It gets more complicated when the other person also has an unhealthy relationship with God. Then neither of you is seeing yourself clearly. What happens then is that you begin to react to each other for the wrong reasons - sometimes with an inflated sense of who you are, and sometimes with a deflated sense of who you are. If neither of you can see yourself accurately, how on earth do you expect the relationship to work?
19. Our relationship with God is the first and greatest relationship, and our ability to love others is directly related to our ability to love ourselves. All three relationships must be in balance. All three relationships must be in balance. All three relationships must be in balance.
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22. Serenity Prayer God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. and wisdom to know the difference. and wisdom to know the difference.
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26. The Damaging Fear Dance When someone pushes your fear button, you tend to react with unhealthy words or actions calculated to motivate the other person to change and give you what you want. Often your reaction triggers the core fear of the other person, who then reacts with unhealthy words or actions to try to get you to fulfill his or her wants. And suddenly the two of you end up in a full-blown Fear Dance.
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29. We can break the rhythm of the Fear Dance By identifying our core fears and by understanding that the other person isn’t the problem nor the solution, we can begin to learn new dance steps to healthier relationships
30. We need to learn new dance steps How? How? How?