I'm Proud Of You For The Times

We Live In A World In Which We Need To Share Responsibility. It's Easy To Say "it's Not My Child, Not My Community, Not My World, Not My Problem." Then There Are Those Who See The Need And Respond. I Consider Those People My Heroes.

Very Early In Our Children's Lives We Will Be Forced To Realize That The "perfect" Untroubled Life We'd Like For Them Is Just A Fantasy. In Daily Living, Tears And Fights And Doing Things We Don't Want To Do Are All Part Of Our Human Ways Of Developing Into Adults.

We Speak With More Than Our Mouths. We Listen With More Than Our Ears.

There's No "should" Or "should Not" When It Comes To Having Feelings. They're Part Of Who We Are And Their Origins Are Beyond Our Control. When We Can Believe That, We May Find It Easier To Make Constructive Choices About What To Do With Those Feelings.

The Gifts We Treasure Most Over The Years Are Often Small And Simple. In Easy Times And Tough Times, What Seems To Matter Most Is The Way We Show Those Nearest Us That We've Been Listening To Their Needs, To Their Joys, And To Their Challenges.