I grew up in a family of strong women and I owe any capacity I have to understand women to my mother and big sister. They taught me to respect women in a way where I've always felt a strong emotional connection to women, which has also helped me in the way I approach my work as an actor.
Interpretation
Strong female figures in one's life can greatly influence respect and understanding of women.
In this quote, Ryan Gosling reflects on how being raised in a family with strong women shaped his understanding and respect for women. He credits his mother and sister for instilling in him the emotional connection that has positively influenced both his personal relationships and his professional career as an actor.
In practice
This quote can be shared during a panel discussion on the importance of family in shaping our values and relationships.
At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Christmas story. A young mother and a dutiful father with their baby were joined by poor shepherds and visitors from afar. They came with their gifts to worship the Christ child.
It's interesting when you're old enough to take a new, objective approach looking at your parents, frame them in a way where you are actually taking yourself out of the equation and just look at the things that are true about their life.
As we go through life, even through very rough waters, a father's instinctive impulse to cling tightly to his wife or to his children may not be the best way to accomplish his objective. Instead, if he will lovingly cling to the Savior and the iron rod of the gospel, his family will want to cling to him and to the Savior.
My most treasured possessions are not things; they are only things, my friends, family and animals are what counts.
You develop a third eye where you kind of know where they are in a room at all times but no matter how vigilant you are as a parent, at some point, you'll look around a room and can't find them and there's a searing pain that goes through your body.
Someday I want to have children and give them all the love I never had.
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