The older I get, the more convinced I am that the space between people who are trying their best to understand each other is hallowed ground.
FRED ROGERSMutual caring relationships require kindness and patience, tolerance, optimism, joy in the other’s achievements, confidence in oneself, and the ability to give without undue thought of gain.
More Fred Rogers Quotes
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The best teacher in the world is somebody who loves what he or he does & loves in front of you.
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You make each day a special day. You know how, by just your being you.
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Like all of life’s important coping skills, the ability to forgive and the capacity to let go of resentments most likely take root very early in our lives.
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Solitude is different from loneliness, and it doesn’t have to be a lonely kind of thing.
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Love begins with listening.
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Try your best to make goodness attractive. That’s one of the toughest assignments you’ll ever be given.
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Love isn’t a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like struggle. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.
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The kingdom of God is for the broken hearted.
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Honesty is often very hard. The truth is often painful. But the freedom it can bring is worth the trying.
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I don’t think anyone can grow unless he’s loved exactly as he is now, appreciated for what he is rather than what he will be.
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People have said ‘don’t cry’ to other people for years and years, and all it has ever meant is ‘I’m too uncomfortable when you show feelings.
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Whatever we choose to imagine can be as private as we want it to be. Nobody knows what you’re thinking or feeling unless you share it.
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Love and trust, in the space between what’s said and what’s heard in our life, can make all the difference in the world.
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The child is in me still and sometimes not so still.
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When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, “Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.
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