When someone says 'I'm so disillusioned', I say 'Congratulations! You've lost another illusion.'

Community doesn't just create abundance - community is abundance. If we could learn that equation from the world of nature, the human world might be transformed.

When someone says 'I'm so disillusioned', I say 'Congratulations! You've lost another illusion.'

By surviving passages of doubt and depression on the vocational journey, I have become clear about at least one thing: self-care is never a selfish act -- it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer to others. Anytime we can listen to true self and give it the care it requires, we do so not only for ourselves but for the many others whose lives we touch.

... the stranger is not a threat but an opportunity to grow in my view of reality, to grow in my own sense of possibility

We think it's about little techniques and tricks, but techniques only take you so far. We need teachers who care about kids, who care about what they teach, and who can communicate with kids.

Relational trust is built on movements of the human heart such as empathy, commitment, compassion, patience, and the capacity to forgive.