Whenever We Condemn, We Cloak The World

Many Books On Communication Are Strong On Theory But Impractical On Application. Marshall Rosenberg's Instant Classic Is The Stand-out Exception. It Is Clear And Compelling In Its Logic And Flat-out Inspiring In Its Inviting Exposition Of Usable Techniques And Strategies. If This Book Is Read By Enough People, The World Will Transform.

Now That I Know That I Am No Wiser Than Anyone Else, Does This Wisdom Make Me Wiser?

Today I Acknowledge That I Am Not In Position To Judge What Mistakes Anyone Is Making Or What Lessons Anyone Needs To Learn. I Don’t Know How Far Someone Has Come Or When That Person Will Have A Breakthrough, I Simply Don’t Know What Other People Should Be Doing. But When I Think I Do Know, I Clearly Am Not Doing What I Should Be Doing, Which Is Taking Responsibility For My Own Life.

When Someone Disagrees With Me, I Do Not Have To Immediately Start Revising What I Just Said. People Don't Want Me To Always Agree With Them. They Can Sense This Is Phony. They Can Sense I Am Trying To Control Them: I Am Agreeing With Them To Make Them Like Me. They Feel; "i Don't Want To Exist To Like You. I Don't Exist To Like You."

Being Myself Includes Taking Risks With Myself, Taking Risks On New Behavior, Trying New Ways Of 'being Myself', So That I Can See Who It Is I Want To Be.