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.

When people hear needs, it provokes compassion.

We give empathy to others for our own benefit.

Anger can be a wonderful wake up call to help you understand what you need and what you value.

Miracles can happen when we can keep our consciousness away from analyzing and classifying one another.

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.

We can't win at somebody else's expense. We can only fully be satisfied when the other person's needs are fulfilled as well as our own.