Mutual 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.
FRED ROGERSAnyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero to me.
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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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There are three ways to ultimate success: The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind.
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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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When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary.
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Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable.
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Feeling good about ourselves is essential in our being able to love others.
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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 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.
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The child is in me still and sometimes not so still.
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Forgiveness is a strange thing. It can sometimes be easier to forgive our enemies than our friends. It can be hardest of all to forgive people we love.
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The world needs a sense of worth, and it will achieve it only by its people feeling that they are worthwhile.
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I hope you’re proud of yourself for the times you’ve said “yes,” when all it meant was extra work for you and was seemingly helpful only to someone else.
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The connections we make in the course of a life, maybe that’s what heaven is.
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Everyone longs to be loved. And the greatest thing we can do is to let people know that they are loved and capable of loving.
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Successful people just love what they’re doing, and they love it in front of others.
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