Children have empty erasable white boards upon which big people write indelibly imprinted messages into their tender subconscious minds.

Making amends is not only saying the words but also being willing to listen to how your behavior caused another’s pain, and then the really hard part…changing behavior.

The more severe the dysfunction you experienced growing up, the more difficult boundaries are for you.

The greater the pain associated with love, the more likely a person is to be attracted to others who will inflict this pain…for isn’t this what love is? Hurt people tend to hurt other people.

It is one thing to know about your dysfunctional habits but quite another to change them.

If you are looking for love under rocks or bringing home water moccasins, you might be confusing love and pain.

Sitting on the hot seat of change requires much courage, patience, and persistence.

If we want to improve, first we have to recognize our own maladaptive coping skills, called codependency, then change.

Change will not successfully happen unless the emotional component is solved.

Putting labels on others creates a black hole of disregard where judgment thrives and schisms deepen.

Change is hard, difficult, painful, and often messy

Be an example, be kind and be simple.

I never did quite fit the glamour mode. It is life with my husband and family that is my high now.

The young are going to be the messengers of this continued strengthening of the diversity in America.

We have never yet had a labor Government that knew what taking power really means; they always act like second-class citizens.

When I look at something, it is certain that for an instant I am one with what I see.

You ache with loneliness one night so much you weep and I say 'here is a rope tie it around me Hafiz will be your companion for life'.

Traditionally, photography is supposed to capture an event that has passed; but that is not what I'm looking for. Photography brings the past into the present when you look at it...

A hundred years from now, people will listen to the music of the Beatles the same way we listen to Mozart.

I think preexisting conditions is a very important feature of any healthcare system.

Indeed, the most vivid travel experiences usually find you by accident, and the qualities that will make you fall in love with a place are rarely the features that took you there.