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Feeling inadequate is an occupational hazard of motherhood.


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Although it's not useful to drown in despair, it's also not useful to keep a 'positive attitude' when this means concealing or denying real emotions.

Although it's not useful to drown in despair, it's also not useful to keep a 'positive attitude' when this means concealing or denying real emotions.



We will be in tune with our bodies only if we truly love and honor them. We can't be in good communication with the enemy.

We will be in tune with our bodies only if we truly love and honor them. We can't be in good communication with the enemy.



Those of us who are locked into ineffective expressions of anger suffer as deeply as those of us who dare not get angry at all.

Those of us who are locked into ineffective expressions of anger suffer as deeply as those of us who dare not get angry at all.



We cannot make another person change his or her steps to an old dance, but if we change our own steps, the dance no longer can continue in the same predictable pattern.

We cannot make another person change his or her steps to an old dance, but if we change our own steps, the dance no longer can continue in the same predictable pattern.



Only through our connectedness to others can we really know and enhance the self. And only through working on the self can we begin to enhance our connectedness to others.

Only through our connectedness to others can we really know and enhance the self. And only through working on the self can we begin to enhance our connectedness to others.



If we only listened with the same passion that we feel about being heard.

If we only listened with the same passion that we feel about being heard.



Anger is a tool for change when it challenges us to become more of an expert on the self and less of an expert on others.

Anger is a tool for change when it challenges us to become more of an expert on the self and less of an expert on others.



An intimate relationship is one in which neither party silences, sacrifices, or betrays the self and each party expresses strength and vulnerability, weakness and competence in a balanced way.

An intimate relationship is one in which neither party silences, sacrifices, or betrays the self and each party expresses strength and vulnerability, weakness and competence in a balanced way.



Whole-hearted listening is the greatest spiritual gift you can give to the other person.

Whole-hearted listening is the greatest spiritual gift you can give to the other person.



In long-term relationships ... we are called upon to navigate that delicate balance between separateness and connectedness ... we confront the challenge of sustaining both--without losing either.

In long-term relationships ... we are called upon to navigate that delicate balance between separateness and connectedness ... we confront the challenge of sustaining both--without losing either.





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The human person finds his perfection "in seeking and loving what is true and good.

The human person finds his perfection "in seeking and loving what is true and good.




When asked for the details of an ideal date, I answered, "I want him to take me to a book store, so he can see just how happy I can be.

When asked for the details of an ideal date, I answered, "I want him to take me to a book store, so he can see just how happy I can be.



Relationships are monuments build on lies

Relationships are monuments build on lies



Good subjects must feel guilty. The guilt begins as a feeling of failure. The good autocrat provides many opportunities for failure in the populace.

Good subjects must feel guilty. The guilt begins as a feeling of failure. The good autocrat provides many opportunities for failure in the populace.



Inspiration is a farce that poets have invented to give themselves importance.

Inspiration is a farce that poets have invented to give themselves importance.



It's very easy to be different, but very difficult to be better.

It's very easy to be different, but very difficult to be better.



I don't really drink before a show. That's my only drinking rule. Especially with today's cell-phone cameras, there's no win to it.

I don't really drink before a show. That's my only drinking rule. Especially with today's cell-phone cameras, there's no win to it.



I can be on the Tonight Show, but not with Johnny [Carson]. He uses my name in his monologue all the time.

I can be on the Tonight Show, but not with Johnny [Carson]. He uses my name in his monologue all the time.



Even if you have done no wrong, no mistake in the last 50 years, remember the mistake you did 51 years ago and repent for it and become humble.

Even if you have done no wrong, no mistake in the last 50 years, remember the mistake you did 51 years ago and repent for it and become humble.




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