There's a world of difference between insisting on someone's doing something and establishing an atmosphere in which that person can grow into wanting to do it.

All of us have special ones who have loved us into being

Discovering the truth about ourselves is a lifetime’s work, but it’s worth the effort.

Little by little we human beings are confronted with situations that give us more and more clues that we are not perfect.

All of us have special ones who have loved us into being. Would you just take, along with me, ten seconds to think of the people who have helped you become who you are....Ten seconds of silence.

Most of us, I believe, admire strength... Sometimes, though, I wonder if we confuse strength with other words like aggression or even violence.

If the grain of wheat could know fear, it would be paralyzed with anxiety at the thought of being dropped in the ground, covered over, put out of sight, doomed to inactivity, yet what a glorious harvest awaits it!