#ren

Worry not that your child listens to you; worry most that they watch you. ↗

— Ronald Heifetz

#parenthood #change

I wanted to know that he would be okay if I died. I wanted to not be a grenade, to not be a malevolent force in the lives of people I loved. ↗

— John Green

#john-green #the-fault-in-our-stars #love

Live to learn to love. Learn to love to live. Love to live to learn so that you may live the life that you yearn. ↗

— Rico Dasheem

#awareness #body #conciousness #edifiy #mind

He knew you can't really be strong until you can see a funny side of things. ↗

— Ken Kesey

#strength-and-courage #strong #courage

Feelings come and go, just as seasons and reasons change, and yet, If the only thing you can claim intimate awareness with is your breathing, then you have all you need. ↗

— Ruby S. Bernardo

#change

There is only one cure for grey hair. It was invented by a Frenchman. It is called the guillotine. ↗

— P.G. Wodehouse

#grey-hair #guillotine #humor #old-age #age

Before I got married I had six theories about raising children; now, I have six children and no theories. ↗

— John Wilmot

#children #fatherhood #marriage #parenting #theory

When people talk about the good old days, I say to people, 'It's not the days that are old, it's you that's old.' I hate the good old days. What is important is that today is good. ↗

— Karl Lagerfeld

#nostalgia #trends #age

The most common ego identifications have to do with possessions, the work you do, social status and recognition, knowledge and education, physical appearance, special abilities, relationships, person and family history, belief systems, and often nationalistic, racial, religious, and other collective identifications. None of these is you. ↗

— Eckhart Tolle

#self-awareness #self-discovery #education

The reality is that most of us communicate the same way that we grew up. That communication style becomes our normal way of dealing with issues, our blueprint for communication. It’s what we know and pass on to our own children. We either become our childhood or we make a conscious choice to change it. ↗

— Kristen Crockett

#communication #parenting #parents #change