There is a great book called “Love and Respect” by Dr.Emerson Eggerichs. It talks about the need that people have for love and respect. The book specifically deals with men’s need for respect and women’s need for love. It’s a great book if you want to check it out, but that’s not why I’m writing this. I want to discuss something he mentions though, called the “Crazy Cycle.” You see, I’m pretty sure all of humanity, especially in this country, are all stuck in a crazy cycle with each other. In the Crazy Cycle, someone reacts without love (or respect) and then the other person feels unloved (or disrespected) so they react without respect (or love) and then the cycle continues on and on and on. Lack of love breeds disrespect which breeds lack of love and so on. The ONLY way to stop the Crazy Cycle is to actually have someone make the conscious decision to react in love or respect even when they feel like their needs of love or respect are not being met. What a ...
Thoughts from a simple life in rooted in Christ