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
giving pieces want
I don't just want a piece of you and a piece of your life. Even if you were able, which you are not, to give me the biggest piece, that is not what I want. I want all of you and all of every part of you and your day.
laughter flower laughing
If a rainbow makes a sound, or a flower as it grows, that was the sound of her laughter.
real impossible
It is impossible for you to take power over the future because it isn't even real.
truth-will-set-you-free names
Truth will set you free. And Truth has a name...
religious women fall
I think one of the greatest losses to humanity was the domination of women. I think every religious system has found ways to be kind to them in a kind of subordinate way. Very patronizing, very colonial. But if you start looking at the fabric of society, even religious systems, they would fall apart if it wasn't for the embedded ability of the women who are involved.
heart issues stuff
I often find that getting head issues out of the way first makes the heart stuff easier to work on later.
motivation struggle feelings
I have moments that aren't too bad, but there's always something I'm struggling with, or feeling guilty about. I just figured I needed to try harder, but I find it difficult to sustain that motivation.
love-is flying shack-book
Love is not the limitation; love is the flying.
believe love-you heart
So, why do I have so much fear in my life?" "Because you don't believe. You don't know that we love you. The person who lives by his fears will not find freedom in my love. I am not talking about rational fears regarding legitimate dangers, but imagined fears, and especially the projection of those into the future. To the degree that those fears have a place in your life, you neither believe that I am good not know deep in your heart that I love you. You sing about it, you talk about it, but you don't know it.
forgiveness forgiving way
Forgiveness in no way requires that you trust the one you forgive.
way limits shack
Relationships are never about power, and one way to avoid the will to power is to choose to limit oneself- to serve.
beautiful ocean rivers
You need boundaries... Even in our material creations, boundaries mark the most beautiful of places, between the ocean and the shore, between the mountains and the plains, where the canyon meets the river.
believe responsibility thinking
It (trying to keep the law) grants you the power to judge others and feel superior to them. You believe you are living to a higher standard than those you judge. Enforcing rules, especially in its more subtle expressions like responsibility and expectation, is a vain attempt to create certainly out of uncertainty. And contrary to what you might think, I have a great fondness for uncertainty. Rules cannot bring freedom; they only have the power to accuse.
relationship love-and-respect obedience
Submission is not about authority and it is not obedience; it is all about relationships of love and respect.