If Life Is To Be Sustained, Hope

Children Cannot Be Fooled By Empty Praise And Condescending Encouragement. They May Have To Accept Artificial Bolstering Of Their Self-esteem In Lieu Of Something Better, But What I Call Their Accruing Ego Identity Gains Real Strength Only From Wholehearted And Consistent Recognition Of Real Accomplishment, That Is, Achievement That Has Meaning In Their Culture.

Healthy Children Will Not Fear Life If Their Elders Have Integrity Enough Not To Fear Death.

Play Is The Most Natural Method Of Self-healing That Childhood Affords.

Hope Is Both The Earliest And The Most Indispensable Virtue Inherent In The State Of Being Alive. Others Have Called This Deepest Quality Confidence, And I Have Referred To Trust As The Earliest Positive Psychosocial Attitude, But If Life Is To Be Sustained Hope Must Remain, Even Where Confidence Is Wounded, Trust Impaired.

Life Doesn't Make Any Sense Without Interdependence. We Need Each Other, And The Sooner We Learn That, The Better For Us All.