Peace Means Far More Than The Opposite

I Recently Learned That In An Average Lifetime A Person Walks About Sixty-five Thousand Miles. That's Two And A Half Times Around The World. I Wonder Where Your Steps Will Take You. I Wonder How You'll Use The Rest Of The Miles You're Given.

I Hope You're Proud Of Yourself For The Times You've Said "yes," When All It Meant Was Extra Work For You And Was Seemingly Helpful Only To Someone Else.

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.

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.

Anyone Who Does Anything To Help A Child In His Life Is A Hero To Me.