Love begins with listening.

Attitudes are caught, not taught.

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.

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

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

A young apprentice applied to a master carpenter for a job. The older man asked him, "Do you know your trade?" "Yes, sir!" the young man replied proudly. "Have you ever made a mistake?" the older man inquired. "No, sir!" the young man answered, feeling certain he would get the job. "Then there's no way I'm going to hire you," said the master carpenter, "because when you make one, you won't know how to fix it.

Knowing that we can be loved exactly as we are gives us all the best opportunity for growing into the healthiest of people.