Plans to exact retribution are never going to make us safer.

When we make mistakes, we can use the process of NVC mourning and self-forgiveness to show us where we can grow instead of getting caught up in moralistic self-judgments.

Never give advice to your children unless you have it in writing and notarized.

Whether I praise or criticize someone's action, I imply that I am their judge, that I'm engaged in rating them or what they have done.

Every time I mess up is a chance to practice.

With empathy we don't direct, we follow. Don't just do something, be there.

Postpone result/solution thinking until later; it's through connection that solutions materialize - empathy before education.