Fame Is A Four-letter Word; And Like

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.

Children Long To Know That They Are Lovable. And There Are Ways That Technology Can Help With That. But Ultimately It's Their Relationships With Their Parents, Their Grandparents, Their Peers, And Their Teachers That Help Them To Know That For Sure. A Child Can Learn The Word "hug" And The Letters H-u-g Through A Computer, But A Computer Can Never Give The Child A Hug.

We Need To Help People To Discover The True Meaning Of Love. Love Is Generally Confused With Dependence. Those Of Us Who Have Grown In True Love Know That We Can Love Only In Proportion To Our Capacity For Independence.

Imagine What Our Real Neighborhoods Would Be Like If Each Of Us Offered . . . Just One Kind Word To Another Person.

People Have Said, 'don't Cry' To Other People For Years And Years, And All It Has Ever Meant Is, 'i'm Too Uncomfortable When You Show Your Feelings. Don't Cry.' I'd Rather Have Them Say, 'go Ahead And Cry. I'm Here To Be With You.'