It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them.

The best students come from homes where education is revered: where there are books, and children see their parents reading them.

It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them.

We want to gently remind people that we don't have forever. In my work, I hear parents complain all the time that their children grow up so fast. But they don't take the time to sit down and talk to each other. The last bastion of getting together is around the table.

There are two big forces at work, external and internal. We have very little control over external forces such as tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, disasters, illness and pain. What really matters is the internal force. How do I respond to those disasters? Over that I have complete control.

We need to learn to let go as easily as we grasp and we will find our hands full and our minds empty.