Being mistunderstood hurts. To ease the pain: listen and then keep talking, keep explaining, and then keep listening. 

Happy Birthday, Eva! We Love You. 

Sometimes what is best is not what feels the best. Sometimes what is best hurts the most, especially at first. Pay attention to the big picture rather than short term emotions. 

When you think something is not logical, change your thinking, change your approach, show empathy, and you will find that there is a good chance that it is logical, just different logic than you were using. 

Business doesn’t care. 

Businesses don’t care. 

People care. 

Balancing responsibilities is easier when two things happen:

1. Commitment 
2. Practice 

When you commit to something, priorities become automatic. Decisions are already made, there are no questions. The more you practice something, the better you become at doing what you practice. If you practice commitment, you will get good at making and keeping commitments. Plus, you can then help others do the same. 

Often giving others second chances are really not about you being compassionate towards others, it is you applying the principle of forgiveness to yourself. Forgiving yourself for getting angry and judging, forgiving yourself for allowing yourself to become hurt. Once you forgive yourself, it is much easier to see others as human too.  This new vision creates an equal playing field, not of the need for compassion, but one of love and care. 

To be wanted, think about others and what they need and want. 

To be useful, help others do what they need and want. 

To be happy, support the dreams of others and watch your dreams come true. 

Our imagination creates emotions. Emotions leaad to feelings. We can create the feelings we want. 

When we imagine something good or desirable we can start to feel excited or happy.

When we imagine something bad or scary we can start to feel sad or afraid. 

Imagine what you actually want and you will feel the way you want to feel. 

Processes are transactional.

People are relationships.

Act accordingly… 

Sometimes we get confused by misleading labels. Labels like “independent” or “self-sufficient”. While nice words, they are not true. We are not alone and never have been. Those words do not mean what most people think they mean. We need each other. Our independence and sufficiency are only valid based on our interactions with others. Without others, there is no success.