It's really a spiritual practice that I am trying to show as a way of life.

NVC requires us to be continually conscious of the beauty within ourselves and other people.

When we focus on clarifying what is being observed, felt, and needed rather than on diagnosing and judging, we discover the depth of our own compassion.

Natural Giving: Anything we do in life which is not out of that energy, we pay for and everybody else pays for. Anything we do to avoid punishment, everybody pays for. Everything we do for a reward, everybody pays for. Everything we do to make people like us, everybody pays for. Everything we do out of guilt, shame, duty, or obligation, everybody pays for.

Learning is too precious to be motivated by coercive tactics.

When we listen for their feelings and needs, we no longer see people as monsters.

What all the basic religions are saying is this: Don't do anything that isn't play.