“Everything is calmer if things feel predictable.”

–Christine Carter from A Family Guide for Surviving the Summer

“What we learn with pleasure we never forget.”
—Alfred Mercier

Many of our children are graduating this month! My wish for my children and yours is that they look back on the past year with gratitude and forward with optimism for the future.

“Our unconscious mind is our best source of intelligence, communicating through intuition and bodily sensations, not words.”

–Christine Carter from This is What I Hope I Taught You

Stress is healthy and helpful when it creates enough tension and strain to foster growth.

Think of a muscle that is stressed by weight training: It tenses up and even breaks down a little. The weight might be very hard to lift, and the muscle might be sore afterwards. But the stress of a heavy weight—so long as it isn’t so heavy it causes a significant injury—strengthens the muscle.

“Living with others is, in many ways, living in a constant state of unmet expectations.”

—Christine Carter from Am I Really Going to Have to Ask You Again

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Tiny ruptures in our relationships drive love and connection out of our lives.”

Christine Carter from How to Keep Technology from Ruining Your Relationships