How Happiness Happens - Session 1 - Accept One Another
How Happiness Happens
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18m
It's hard to know the best way to respond to people who represent your "opposite you." How do you find and show acceptance toward someone when you would rather show them the door? The answer is found in the admonition, "Accept one another, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God" (Romans 15:7). Learn to accept others who are different from you, practice empathy, and accept yourself.
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