It's A Mistake To Think That We

Our Children Are Extensions Of Ourselves In Ways Our Parents Are Not, Nor Our Brothers And Sisters, Nor Our Spouses.

More And More I've Come To Understand That Listening Is One Of The Most Important Things We Can Do For One Another. Whether The Other Be An Adult Or A Child, Our Engagement In Listening To Who That Person Is Can Often Be Our Greatest Gift. Whether That Person Is Speaking Or Playing Or Dancing, Building Or Singing Or Painting, If We Care, We Can Listen.

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.

Fame Is A Four-letter Word; And Like Tape Or Zoom Or Face Or Pain Or Life Or Love, What Ultimately Matters Is What We Do With It.

Real Strength Has To Do With Helping Others.