When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.

The child is in me still and sometimes not so still.

In times of stress, the best thing we can do for each other is to listen with our ears and our hearts and to be assured that our questions are just as important as our answers.

All of us, at some time or other, need help. Whether we’re giving or receiving help, each one of us has something valuable to bring to this world. That’s one of the things that connects us as neighbors—in our own way, each one of us is a giver and a receiver.

How many times have you noticed that it’s the little quiet moments in the midst of life that seem to give the rest extra-special meaning?

It's the people we love the most who can make us feel the gladdest ... and the maddest! Love and anger are such a puzzle!