“What keeps us alive, what allows us to endure?  I think it is the hope of loving, or being loved.”—Meister Eckhart

"I have often wondered what it would be like if we dared to love this life -- the fragile and the vulnerable, the endangered, daring to be humble before the magnitude of our beginnings, daring to lean our species into a stubborn and pliant wonder, until reverence shines in all that we do -- until we live an economics of reverence, a theology of reverence, a politics of reverence -- until it permeates education, development and health care, homes and relationships, arts and agriculture --a reverence for life, for planetary, social and personal wholeness."--Carolyn McDade

“Educating the mind without educating the heart is not education at all.”
--Aristotle

"The entire Universe is condensed in the body, and the entire body in the Heart. Thus the Heart is the nucleus of the Whole Universe." --Sri Ramana Maharshi

"You give but little when you give of your possessions.  It is when you give of yourself that you truly give." -Kahlil Gibran

 Tel Franklin

 http://www.telfranklin.com/
 http://www.appreciativemedicine.com/

"We think with the head and the heart feels the Light or Darkness of the thought."--Rudolf Steiner

When a man moves away from nature his heart becomes hard. - Lakota

Very nice tribute/synopsis of Martin Buber  at Univ. of Washington (Interpersonal. Communication)--his life & thoughts with pictures

David Dibble

New Agreements Center for Enlightened Leadership  (Dibble's site)

Excerpts of Loye's book on Darwin at: iUniverse (Online Books)

• We define a leader as anyone who wants to help at this time, who sees things that need to be changed in their local community.

• We work around the globe to organize local conversation circles among citizen leaders so that they might name their hopes and challenges, learn from colleagues, and act courageously to move their hopes into reality.

• We provide technical expertise, coaching, networking and resources for people to start circles and ensure their success.

• We connect local circles to one another to weave a global network that can emerge as a global force for change.

"Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time . . . It tell us to tell each other right now that we love each other" -Leo Buscaglia

"Perhaps the fact of life most conducive to living fully as a person is an honest awareness and acceptance of death.  When we can embrace death as simply another aspect of the life cycle, we will give appreciation and value to each life encounter knowing that it will never occur again." -Leo Buscaglia

http://www.drhallowell.com/

The Hallowell Center was founded by Dr. Edward M. Hallowell --it specializes in the treatment of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), Worry/Anxiety, and Child Learning Disabilities. He has written on a variety of topics!

"The challenge in conversation is not just to be our self but to choose the self we want to be. What we call "the self" is never static, but instead is a work in progress. That's why we don't discover who we are by sitting alone on a mountaintop and meditating, or by being introspective and "going deeper," as valuable as these disciplines may be. The royal road for both discovering and reinventing the self is through our relationships with other people and the conversations we engage in."--Harriet Lerner, The Dance of Connection

Resources: (Articles by Peter Levine): http://www.traumahealing.com/resources.html

Read about their approach at: http://www.thecouplesclinic.com/our_approach.htm

Brent J. Atkinson, PH.D.
is Director of Post-Graduate Training at the Couples Research Institute in Geneva, Illinois, and a senior graduate faculty member in the Marriage and Family Therapy Program at Northern Illinois University. He is the principle architect of Pragmatic/Experiential Therapy for Couples, an approach translating new scientific findings about the brain into practical methods for improving relationships. He practices at The Couples Clinic in Geneva.

The Emotional Odyssey Project seeks to improve men’s health and well-being by teaching the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to build their emotional literacy and improve coping ability and decision making choices that can result in the prevention of depression and related harmful behaviours. By encouraging men in their personal growth and inner work we hope to empower participants to be healthy role models and to make contributions that will improve relationships and respect with self, others and the community.

"To forgive is not just to be altruistic. It is the best form of self-interest. It is also a process that does not exclude hatred and anger. These emotions are all part of being human. You should never hate yourself for hating others who do terrible things: the depth of your love is shown by the extent of your anger.