What a privilege to be able to look for the good in our neighbor! 隣人の良い所を探すことが出来る、なんて特権でしょう！

Being a parent is a complex thing. It involves trying to feel what our children are feeling and trying to know just how much to do to...

Try your best to make goodness attractive. That's one of the toughest assignments you'll ever be given. 良い所を魅力的にする努力をしなさい。それはあなたに与えられた最も難...

Listening, as far as I'm concerned, is certainly a prerequisite of love. One of the most essential ways of saying, "I love you," is being...

肝心の本書ですが、ミステリー、青春、生物学、差別、生涯譚等、色々なジャンルが含まれる面白い小説です。Page-turnerな本なので、3日ほど寝不足が続きました。（笑） crawdadsなので、ザリガニ”たち”の鳴くところで検索したら邦題は単数形でした。私はcrayfish...

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...

I remember after my grandfather's death, seeing Dad in the hall with tears streaming down his face. I don't think I had ever seen him cry...

Finding ways to harmonize our uniqueness with the uniqueness of others can be the most fun - and the most rewarding - of all....

No matter what the situation, if we can help people talk about their concerns and their feelings (and really listen to what they tell...

アンは17歳にして学校の先生になり、そして2年後にはギルバートと一緒に大学へ。 最後のMiss Lavenderの結婚をアンはロマンチックに、マリラが超現実的に語る所で大いに笑ってしまいました。アンの結婚はどうなるのかなあ。楽しみです。

Often when you think you're the end of something, you're at the beginning of something else. あなたが、もうおしまいだ、と思う時はたいてい、あなたは他の事の始まりにいるのです。

I'm proud of you for the times you came in second, or third, or fourth, but what you did was the best you had ever done....

Flurrying up and using a lot of shortcuts doesn't get us very far at all. せかせかしたり、たくさんの近道をすることは、全く成果をあげません。

Maybe you'll also find that by watching a child at play, you'll tap into some of the playfulness inside you - remembering your childhood...

Children need adults - in every walk of life - who care as much for children as they care for themselves. 子供たちは大人を必要としています。ーどんな職業であろうと、いか...

No matter what lies ahead, children always need to know that they are loved and capable of loving. Anything that adults can do to help in...

"Letting our children go" is a lifelong process for parents, one that we wrestle with again and again, and each parent has to wrestle...

Development comes from within. Nature does not hurry but advances slowly. 成長は自ずと訪れます。自然は急がずゆっくり進むのです。

One thing is certain: children need lots of free, quiet time to get used to all that's developing within them....

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...