Empathetic listening is an awesome medication for the hurting heart.

Love is something you do for someone else, not something you do for yourself.

Don't be a victim of the urgent. In the long run, much of what seems so pressing right now won't even matter. What you do with your children will matter forever.

Encouragement requires empathy and seeing the world from your spouse's perspective. We must first learn what is important to our spouse. Only then can we give encouragement. With verbal encouragement, we are trying to communicate, "I know. I care. I am with you. How can I help?" We are trying to show that we believe in him and in his abilities. We are giving credit and praise.

Most of us have more potential than we will ever develop. What holds us back is often a lack of courage.

Forgiveness is not a feeling; it is a commitment.

The object of love is not getting something you want but doing something for the well-being of the one you love.