Thought of the Moment

Whenever we reprimand and discipline, we inevitably diminish honest communication.

- Dr. Shefali Tsabary

“Do you see me?” This is the big question your child is asking every day. “Can you recognize me for who I am, different from your dreams  and expectations for me, separate from your agenda for me?”

- Dr. Shefali Tsabary

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there.

- Rumi

This is why we’re here. To fight through the pain and, when possible, to relieve the pain of others. So simple. So hard to see.

- Andre Agassi

Maybe that's enlightenment enough: to know that there is no final resting place of the mind; no moment of smug clarity.  Perhaps wisdom is realizing how small I am, and unwise, and how far I have yet to go.

- Anthony Bourdain

It is the nature of narcissistic entitlement to see the situation from only one very subjective point of view that says “My feelings and needs are all that matter, and whatever I want, I should get." Mutuality and reciprocity are entirely alien concepts, because others exist only to agree, obey, flatter, and comfort - in short, to anticipate and meet my every need. If you cannot make yourself useful in meeting my need, you are of no value and will most likely be treated accordingly.

- Sandy Hotchkiss

People who are truly strong lift others up. People who are truly powerful bring others together.

- Michelle Obama

Children are mostly shaped by who their parents are, not by what their parents say.

If you examine a butterfly according to the laws of aerodynamics, it shouldn't be able to fly. But the butterfly doesn't know that, so it flies.

- Howard Schultz