Anything Mentionable Is Manageable.

Those Of Us Who Are In This World To Educate-to Care For-young Children Have A Special Calling: A Calling That Has Very Little To Do With The Collection Of Expensive Possessions But Has A Lot To Do With Worth Inside Of Heads And Hearts.

In The External Scheme Of Things, Shining Moments Are As Brief As The Twinkling Of An Eye, Yet Such Twinklings Are What Eternity Is Made Of -- Moments When We Human Beings Can Say "i Love You," "i'm Proud Of You," "i Forgive You," "i'm Grateful For You." That's What Eternity Is Made Of: Invisible Imperishable Good Stuff.

I Believe That Appreciation Is A Holy Thing--that When We Look For What's Best In A Person We Happen To Be With At The Moment, We're Doing What God Does All The Time. So In Loving And Appreciating Our Neighbor, We're Participating In Something Sacred.

I Feel So Strongly That Deep And Simple Is Far More Essential Than Shallow And Complex.

[i]f We Can Bring Our Children Understanding, Comfort, And Hopefulness When They Need This Kind Of Support, Then They Are More Likely To Grow Into Adults Who Can Find These Resources Within Themselves Later On. (from The Introduction)