How to Deal With A Group of People Perfectly Designed To Hurt Us - Michael Himes

Dealing with People Who Frequently Drive Us Nuts
[Key Points in This Video]
1. The first function of the family is to surround us with people whom we can love under certain very difficult conditions.
2. A family is perfectly designed to hurt us because by intimately living so closely together for a long period of time we all know exactly where the chinks of the armor are to place the daggers to do maximum damage.
3. We are most vulnerable to our families and therefore we have great need of forgiveness and patience with one another.
4. To accept a family means to accept a group of people who frequently drive us nuts.
5. A family is a school for learning unconditional love.
Speaker - Fr. Michael Himes
Father Michael Himes is a Roman Catholic priest and theologian. He served as a theology professor at Boston College and University of Notre Dame. He received his doctorate in the history of Christianity at the University of Chicago. Fr. Himes is also the author of numerous articles and books, including two that were recognized with the Catholic Press Association Book Award in Theology.
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