What A Great Teacher, A Great Parent,

Anyone Who Engages In The Practice Of Psychotherapy Confronts Every Day The Devastation Wrought By The Teachings Of Religion.

How Do We Nurture The Soul? By Revering Our Own Life. By Learning To Love It All, Not Only The Joys And The Victories, But Also The Pain And The Struggles.

The Feeling That "i Am Enough" Does Not Mean That I Have Nothing To Learn, Nothing Further To Achieve, And Nowhere To Grow To. It Means That I Accept Myself, That I Am Not On Trial In My Own Eyes, That I Value And Respect Myself. This Is Not An Act Of Indulgence But Of Courage.

The Desire For Self-esteem Without Integrity Is Like The Desire For Wealth Without Effort-a Longing For The Unearned.

In The Nature Of Our Existence, We Must Act To Achieve Values. And In Order To Act Appropriately, We Need To Value The Beneficiary Of Our Actions. In Order To Seek Values, We Must Consider Ourselves Worthy Of Enjoying Them. In Order To Fight For Our Happiness, We Must Consider Ourselves Worthy Of Happiness.