Theos-Talk Archives (October 2006 Message tt00445)

Thanks, Gary, 

This is a wonderful quote to consider today!

Adelasie

On 29 Oct 2006 at 7:05, Gary Barnhart wrote:

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> "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."
>    -- Haim Ginott
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