My hunch is that if we allow ourselves to give who we really are to the children in our care, we will in some way inspire cartwheels in their hearts.
Fred RogersRead
Hopefully your choices can come from a deep sense of who you are.
Interpretation
Make choices that reflect your true self and values.
This quote by Fred Rogers emphasizes the importance of self-awareness in decision-making. It suggests that the choices we make should stem from a profound understanding of our identity and values, leading to a more authentic and fulfilling life.
In practice
In a graduation speech about following one's passion.
My hunch is that if we allow ourselves to give who we really are to the children in our care, we will in some way inspire cartwheels in their hearts.
Human beings need to feel that they are lovable and capable of loving.
Listening is a very active awareness of the coming together of at least two lives. Listening, as far as I'm concerned, is certainly a prerequisite of love. One of the most essential ways of saying 'I love you' is being a receptive listener.
I'm fairly convinced that the Kingdom of God is for the broken-hearted. You write of 'powerlessness.' Join the club, we are not in control. God is.
The presence of a grandparent confirms that parents were, indeed, little once, too, and that people who are little can grow to be big, can become parents, and one day even have grandchildren of their own. So often we think of grandparents as belonging to the past; but in this important way, grandparents, for young children, belong to the future.
One of the most important gifts a parent can give a child is the gift of accepting that child's uniqueness.
To be authentic is literally to be your own author... to discover your own native energies and desires, and then to find your own way of acting on them.
Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
Practice radical humility." He (or she)who masters the art of humility cannot be humiliated.
What distracts us will begin to define us. We don't need to swing at every pitch.
I am still learning. (at age 87)
Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
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