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.
FRED ROGERSThe only thing evil can’t stand is forgiveness.
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The people we trust with important talk can help us know that we are not alone.
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When we treat children’s play as seriously as it deserves, we are helping them feel the joy that’s to be found in the creative spirit. It’s the things we play with and the people who help us play that make a great difference 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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You rarely have time for everything you want in this life, so you need to make choices. And hopefully your choices can come from a deep sense of who you are.
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Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable.
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There is no normal life that is free of pain. It’s the very wrestling with our problems that can be the impetus for our growth.
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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 begins with listening.
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If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to the people you may never even dream of.
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Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.
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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 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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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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The kingdom of God is for the broken hearted.
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Love is like infinity: You can’t have more or less infinity, and you can’t compare two things to see if they’re “equally infinite.” Infinity just is, and that’s the way I think love is, too.
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