Realistic optimism allows us to experience the best until we have to deal with the worst ... which often, never comes.

Nothing destroys a relationship quicker than our fears of inadequacy and loss.

To spank or not to spank isn't the question the question is whether whether we are teaching a quality we want our kids to have as adults?

Everything that happens in our lives is "good information" about the degree to which our choices are working for us. We can, however, choose to believe that we are a victim of the world we see, and have no choices. And, of course, we will receive "good information" about this belief as well.

There are only three things we 'have to' do in this world we have to be born, we have to die, and we have to live until we die. Everything else is a choice!

When people feel criticized, they almost always defend the behavior you want them to change.

Love will keep us safe when we commit to choosing the kind of qualities, characteristics, and relationships that we would recommend to someone we love.