When I recognize I've got anger, then I realize it's because I have a need that's not being met.

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

However impressed we may be with NVC concepts, it is only through practice and application that our lives are transformed.

Always hear the 'Yes' in the 'No'.

NVC is language, thoughts, communication skills and means of influence that serve my desire to do three things: 1) to liberate myself from cultural learning that is in conflict with how I want to live my life. 2) to empower myself to connect with myself and others in a way that makes compassionate giving natural. 3) to empower myself to create structures that support compassionate giving.

As radical as it may seem, it is possible to do things only out of play. I believe that to the degree that we engage moment by moment in the playfulness of enriching life- motivated solely by the desire for its enrichment- to that degree are we being compassionate with ourselves.

We are dangerous when we are not conscious of our responsibility for how we behave, think, and feel.