I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated, and a person is humanized or de-humanized. If we treat people as they are, we make them worse. If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
8 comments:
Great quote...where did you find it.
That is a great quote and very fitting and true to life. I love ya!
Love it! Thanks for the reminder, to be better...
My friend Valerie posted it on her blog a while ago....i just happened to read it the other night and couldn't believe how well it seems to apply to my life right now. I told her I had to steal it for my blog.
Thanks for sharing that Andi! Perfect quote.
Loved reading that. Food for thought.
Always good to talk to you. When we talk it like I get a good therapy session from you. I really wish you could move closer. So, I am posting part of your quote on my blog.
i think ur lil girls are so gourgous and i like that i see u are a good father cus most fathers aren't there like some descent one's
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