Love is a verb. Love is something you do: the sacrifices you make, the giving of self. If you want to study love, study those who sacrifice for others. Love - the feeling - is a fruit of love the verb.

Seek to understand before you seek to be understood.

Frustration is a function of our expectations, and our expectations are often a reflection of the social mirror rather than our own values and priorities.

Historically, the family has played the primary role in educating children for life, with the school providing supplemental scaffolding to the family.

Effective communication is built on the cement of trust. And trust is based on trustworthiness, not politics.

In the space between stimulus (what happens) and how we respond, lies our freedom to choose. Ultimately, this power to choose is what defines us as human beings. We may have limited choices but we can always choose. We can choose our thoughts, emotions, moods, our words, our actions; we can choose our values and live by principles. It is the choice of acting or being acted upon.

It takes humility to seek feedback. It takes wisdom to understand it, analyze it and appropriately act on it.