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
god trying santa
I'm trying to get far away from [picturing God as] Gandalf or Santa Claus.
running lying trying
Through . . . lies you try to run your life and manipulate others. . . . Lies become an inhibitor in your relationship . . . .
law independence trying
those 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 control
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..
powerful lying safe
Lies are a little fortress; inside them you can feel safe & powerful.
believe metaphor
Because you continue to inhabit and believe your metaphors, you cannot see what is true.
self mind emotion
Emotions talked to you before you had words, so listen to them ... they are often more honest than the mind's remarkable ability to self deceive.
thinking identity who-we-are
Disconnect your identity from what you produce, and that's a hard thing for us because we think of our significance, worth and value based on what we do instead of who we are.
love-is stronger faults
[...] love is much stronger than your fault could ever be.
life reality greater
This life is only the anteroom of a greater reality to come.
running wall pain
Lies are a little fortress; inside them you can feel safe and powerful. Through your little fortress of lies you try to run your life and manipulate others. But the fortress needs walls, so you build some. These are the justifications for your lies. You know, like you are doing this to protect someone you love, to keep them from feeling pain. Whatever works, just so you feel okay about the lies.
religious expectations understanding
It's always been you know, religion that has been the primary impediment to actual relationship with God, because it creates a mythology about performance -- that you can perform your way into the appeasement of the deity. And you know, when you're born inside the cultural framework that I was, and you're born inside the religious traditions that I was, that becomes your understanding of spirituality: That it's about trying to please God. So, it's really not about God at all; it's about our ability to perform according to whatever the expectations are.
beautiful soul fragility
The intricacy and the inherent beautiful fragility of the human soul is such that it is uniquely damaged and only God knows how to heal it, and it's going to take time.
punishment sin shack
Sin is its own punishment, devouring you from the inside.