The Power of the Pardon

We all have times of complete failure—times when things go really bad and the only person we have to blame is ourselves. When this happens, as difficult as it is to think forward (and even rationally), we find ourselves at a critical juncture. Are we going to allow the negative voices of judgment, guilt, and shame play over and over in our heads, or are we going to move on? In his book, The Power of the Other, Dr. Henry Cloud says that good a Corner Four connection can help us confront the deadly grip of the failure beast head-on. This is the power of the other.