Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.

Feeling good about ourselves is essential in our being able to love others.

I have really never considered myself a TV star. I always thought I was a neighbor who just came in for a visit.

Solitude is different from loneliness, and it doesn't have to be a lonely kind of thing.

Imagine what our real neighborhoods would be like if each of us offered . . . just one kind word to another person.

Hopefully your choices can come from a deep sense of who you are.

Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable. When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary. The people we trust with that important talk can help us know that we are not alone.