Perhaps we think that we won't find another human being inside that person. Perhaps we think that there are some people in this world who I can't ever communicate with, and so I'll just give up before I try. And how sad it is to think that we would give up on any other creature who's just like us.

To say that you are being carried is a declaration of enormous faith and hope.

The very best reason parents are so special . . . is because we are the holders of a priceless gift, a gift we received from countless generations we never knew, a gift that only we now possess and only we can give to our children. That unique gift, of course, is the gift of ourselves. Whatever we can do to give that gift, and to help others receive it, is worth the challenge of all our human endeavor.

I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers - so many caring people in this world.

Love isn't a state of perfect caring, it is an active noun like struggle.

Real strength has to do with helping others.

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.