“Who we are and how we engage with the world are much stronger predictors of how our children will do than what we know about parenting.”

When I look at narcissism through the vulnerability lens, I see the shame-based fear of being ordinary. I see the fear of never feeling extraordinary enough to be noticed, to be lovable, to belong, or to cultivate a sense of purpose.

When we free ourselves, we automatically free everyone around us. ⁣

Faith is a place of mystery, where we find the courage to believe in what we cannot see and the strength to let go of our fear of uncertainty.

Fear and anxiety can drive us to become very self-focused.

Shame derives its power from being unspeakable.

Integrity is choosing courage over comfort; choosing what is right over what is fun, fast, or easy; and choosing to practice our values rather than simply professing them.

Daring Leaders are never silent about hard things.

We don’t have to do all of it alone. We were never meant to.

he broken hearted are the bravest among us. They had the courage to love.

The purest form of joy comes to us in ordinary moments, and those moments can happen any place where gratitude is alive. ⁣

Never take yourself too seriously. Laugh, learn, keep it real.

We must be committed to getting back up and beginning again the exact same number of times that we fall, trip, or get pushed down.⁣

Connect. It’s all about collective connection. Look into their eyes.

Even in our deepest struggles, love, faith and beauty find a way. ⁣

What is true and beautiful for us is always ultimately what is true and beautiful for our people because there is no such thing as one way liberation. ⁣⁣

We cultivate love when we allow our most vulnerable and powerful selves to be deeply seen and known, and when we honor the spiritual connection that grows from that offering with trust, respect, kindness and affection.

Until you have kids, you can’t imagine how much you could possibly love a human being.

Apart from the fact that your physical ability starts to decline, I also think someone in their fifties being childlike becomes a little sad. You’ve got to be careful.

What makes you a man is not the ability to make a child, it’s the courage to raise one.

Only children tell the whole truth, you know. That’s what makes them children.

Children and young people are the future; they are our strength; they are what keep us moving forward. They are the ones in whom we put our hope.

The prime function of the children’s book writer is to write a book that is so absorbing, exciting, funny, fast and beautiful that the child will fall in love with it.

The visions we offer our children shape the future.

The first half of life is learning to be an adult-the second half is learning to be a child.