“From the normal irritations of living together, they learn how to assert themselves, defend themselves, compromise.”

And it’s not hard to understand why in families across the land,

You can call on each other / and count on each other … / because each other / is all you have.

And once he’s clear about that reality, he gathers the strength to begin to cope.

Let us be different in our homes.

When we acknowledge a child’s feelings, we do him a great service.

Keeping our youth and yesterdays alive / Comrades with one history.

Let us realize that along with food, shelter, and clothing

We deprive them of the experience that comes from wrestling with their own problems.

The resentment that each child feels for the privileges of the other;

Deep inside you know / when trouble comes / and there’s no one else to turn to

No wonder they mobilize all their energy to have more or most. Or better still, all.

Add to that the envy that one child feels for the accomplishments of the other;

I was a wonderful parent before I had children.

From their verbal sparring they learn the difference between being clever and being hurtful.

The personal frustrations that they don’t dare let out on anyone else but a brother or sister,

I was an expert on why everyone else was having problems with theirs. Then I had three of my own.

All the bickering may make the one step forward… TWO STEPS BACKWARD???

I’ve always sort of marveled at our ability to chat and match, because of, I come, honestly

Sister Maria Martinez whom I believe I’ve mentioned before has been giving me cooking classes.

For after years of living in a cage, a lion no longer even believes it is a lion, and a man no longer believes he is a man.

When the will is enslaved to a desire, it will in turn enslave the mind.

Yet, after millennia of slavery by selfish/callous humans they’re made to look dumb! The ‘superior species’ in their situations would, too, appear ‘dumb’.

A leader enables people to love and honor the role they play in the organization or group they are part of.

Sweet is war to those who know it not.