Whether we're a preschooler or a young teen, a graduating college senior or a retired person, we human beings all want to know that we're acceptable, that our being alive somehow makes a difference in the lives of others.

It's really easy to fall into the trap of believing that what we do is more important than what we are. Of course, it's the opposite that's true: What we are ultimately determines what we do!

Development comes from within. Nature does not hurry but advances slowly.

It's not the honors and not the titles and not the power that is of ultimate importance. It's what resides inside.

I doubt that we can ever successfully impose values or attitudes or behaviors on our children certainly not by threat, guilt, or punishment. But I do believe they can be induced through relationships where parents and children are growing together. Such relationships are, I believe, build on trust, example, talk, and caring.

Love and trust, in the space between what’s said and what’s heard in our life, can make all the difference in the world.

One of the greatest dignities of humankind is that each successive generation is invested in the welfare of each new generation.