7 Habits

[macdobhran]

• ...as Marilyn Ferguson observed, "No one can persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either by argument or by emotional appeal."

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[thatwordgrrl.livejournal.com]

This reminds me of something I have had to drag out sometimes when I have a strong desire to smack people with the Mace of Bad Relationship Enlightenment:

"Througuout the annals of history, nobody has ever successfully talked another out of being in love."