Violence in any form is a tragic expression of our unmet needs.

By maintaining our attention on what's going on within others, we offer them a chance to fully explore and express their interior selves. We would stem this flow if we were to shift attention too quickly either to their request or to our own desire to express ourselves.

People have been trained to criticize, insult, and otherwise communicate in ways that create distance among people.

Unless we as social change agents come from a certain spirituality, we're likely to create more harm than good.

When you need empathy, you cannot give empathy.

If we don't tell people about our needs, it is much less likely they will be met.

Never question the beauty of what you are saying because someone reacts with pain, judgment, criticism. It just means they have not heard you.