Quotes about Nurture

When you create space for another to thrive, it always unleashes new energies.

Heaven plants a special seed, and we must have faith.

But did it grow ninety feet in six weeks or was it ninety feet in five years? You think about it for a moment, and you know it was ninety feet in five years because had there been any year they did not water it and fertilize it, there would have been no Chinese bamboo tree.

Like sterling silver, love will tarnish unless it is polished with daily applications of interest, involvement, and expressions of love.

Life is like a tree and its root is consciousness. Therefore, once we tend the root, the tree as a whole will be healthy.

Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul.

You cannot give what you do not have, so if you want to help others you have to take care of yourself first.

He might as well plant an oak in a flowerpot, and expect it to thrive, as imagine he can restore her to vigour in the soil of his shallow cares!

When you have a kid, you have to be more mature.

Everyone archetypally is a parent to future generations.

Self-care is never a selfish act—it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer others. Anytime we can listen to true self and give it the care it requires, we do it not only for ourselves, but for the many others whose lives we touch.

For me, the real goal is how do we make vibrant and vital faith communities that are sustainable for the long run.