Somewhere in the midst of smudgy maps, following waters, surviving the storms, & deep, deep digging. . treasure is found.
To say that you are being carried is a declaration of enormous faith and hope.
Try your best to make goodness attractive. That's one of the toughest assignments you'll ever be given.
Play gives children a chance to practice what they are learning. . . They have to play with what they know to be true in order to find out more, and then they can use what they learn in new forms of play.
Real strength has to do with helping others.
When I say it's you I like, I'm talking about that part of you that knows that life is far more than anything you can ever see or hear or touch. That deep part of you that allows you to stand for those things without which humankind cannot survive. Love that conquers hate, peace that rises triumphant over war, and justice that proves more powerful than greed.
What's been important in my understanding of myself and others is the fact that each one of us is so much more than any one thing. A sick child is much more than his or her sickness. A person with a disability is much, much more than a handicap. A pediatrician is more than a medical doctor. You're MUCH more than your job description or your age or your income or your output.
Now is not the time for Canadians to be sanctimonious. It is time for us to be prudent and active.
Whoever is in the distress can call me. I will come running wherever they are.
There is always so much talk about the sins of the fathers but it is the sins of the mothers that are the most difficult to avoid repeating.
None of you understand. I'm not locked up in here with YOU. You're locked up in here with ME.