An open heart offers a pathway to the wishes and dreams of others. Maybe people don't understand my openness. In fact, if someone randomly comes and hugs me, I'd hug them right back. I am all for ... Read More about Being Open-hearted
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Caring, and Being Compassionate
To care about someone is to take action on their behalf, not merely feel what they feel. Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest ... Read More about Caring, and Being Compassionate
Being Fully Involved, Immersed in Living
When the emotions have us fully immersed in life, and all it has to offer, doors open. You don't say to a university professor who is immersed in a particular subject that they should get a life. ... Read More about Being Fully Involved, Immersed in Living
Honoring Value
We might honor someone’s value by openly appreciating them, praising them, promoting them, or paying them. Recognition is a reward in itself. Any form of appreciation, even a small word, is ... Read More about Honoring Value
Values and Expectations
What we want can drive us forward. It can also get us into trouble. The decisions you make are a choice of values that reflect your life in every way. [attributed to Alice Waters] I have learned ... Read More about Values and Expectations
Cultivating Insights
An insight is an awakening to a particular point or fact. *** ... Read More about Cultivating Insights
Respecting Value
"I don't like that kind of music but I can hear that it is intricate and the performers did an excellent job with it." "Indian cuisine does not appeal to me but this is very fresh, colorful and I am ... Read More about Respecting Value
Being Interested
Beyond mere willingness is interest, the emotional component of level-two responsibility in all our relations. Taking an interest is an essential building block to learning and to ... Read More about Being Interested
Being Sincere
Sincerity is the emotional component of honesty - the desire to be honest. Sincerity makes the very least person to be of more value than the most talented hypocrite. [attributed to Charles ... Read More about Being Sincere