What interferes with this peaceful feeling is our expectation of reciprocity.

Learning to stop sweating the small stuff involves deciding what things to engage in and what things to ignore. From a certain perspective, life can be described as a series of mistakes, one right after another with a little space in between.

Choose to be kind over being right and you'll be right everytime.

Try to maintain the perspective that, in time, everything disintegrates and returns to its initial form.

Every day, tell at least one person something you like, admire, or appreciate about them.

Children listen best with their eyes. What you do is what they hear.

Effective listening is more than simply avoiding the bad habit of interrupting others while they are speaking or finishing their sentences. It's being content to listen to the entire thought of someone rather than waiting impatiently for your chance to respond.