Attention Is A Little-noticed And

Simply Paying Attention Allows Us To Build An Emotional Connection. Lacking Attention, Empathy Hasn't A Chance.

When I Say Manage Emotions, I Only Mean The Really Distressing, Incapacitating Emotions. Feeling Emotions Is What Makes Life Rich. You Need Your Passions.

Emotional 'literacy' Implies An Expanded Responsibility For Schools In Helping To Socialize Children. This Daunting Task Requires Two Major Changes: That Teachers Go Beyond Their Traditional Mission And That People In The Community Become More Involved With Schools As Both Active Participants In Children's Learning And As Individual Mentors.

Self-absorption In All Its Forms Kills Empathy, Let Alone Compassion. When We Focus On Ourselves, Our World Contracts As Our Problems And Preoccupations Loom Large. But When We Focus On Others, Our World Expands. Our Own Problems Drift To The Periphery Of The Mind And So Seem Smaller, And We Increase Our Capacity For Connection - Or Compassionate Action.

Scheduling Down Time As Part Of Your Routine Is Hard But Worth It, Personally, Even Professionally.