He who wrestles He who wrestles with us strengthens with us strengthens

our nerves and our nerves and sharpens our skill. sharpens our skill.

Our antagonist is our Our antagonist is our helper.helper.

Edmund Burke (1729 - Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)1797)

You've got to do You've got to do your own your own

growing, no growing, no matter how tall matter how tall

your grandfather your grandfather was.was.

Irish ProverbIrish Proverb

I've grown certain I've grown certain that the root of all that the root of all fear is that we've fear is that we've

been forced to been forced to deny who we are.deny who we are.

Frances Moore LappeFrances Moore Lappe

Every moment of Every moment of one's existence one's existence one is growing one is growing into more or into more or

retreating into retreating into less.less.

Norman Mailer Norman Mailer

By the time I'd By the time I'd grown up, I grown up, I naturally naturally

supposed that I'd supposed that I'd be grown up.be grown up.

Eve BabitzEve Babitz

In our world where it seems we are taught to judge In our world where it seems we are taught to judge everything all around and about us and we spend so everything all around and about us and we spend so

much of our time doing just that, it might be wise to ask much of our time doing just that, it might be wise to ask if we can judge anything. To judge anything with any if we can judge anything. To judge anything with any degree of clarity and accuracy we would need all the degree of clarity and accuracy we would need all the information past, present and future and how it will information past, present and future and how it will

affect all concerned to make a perfect judgment. Since affect all concerned to make a perfect judgment. Since no one has that skill, ability or information, you might no one has that skill, ability or information, you might

agree, it may be unwise to judge. This idea may be hard agree, it may be unwise to judge. This idea may be hard to accept, but when you look back over your life and the to accept, but when you look back over your life and the

judgments you made, ask yourself. How many of your judgments you made, ask yourself. How many of your judgments, when you made them, were you perfectly judgments, when you made them, were you perfectly

sure they were correct, would you want to change now sure they were correct, would you want to change now with the benefit of 20with the benefit of 20

20 hindsight? Since every judgment is only an opinion 20 hindsight? Since every judgment is only an opinion based on the limited information at hand, filtered based on the limited information at hand, filtered

through one's personal value system, it might be safe to through one's personal value system, it might be safe to assume no two people will judge anything exactly the assume no two people will judge anything exactly the same. Even concepts of right and wrong, good or bad, same. Even concepts of right and wrong, good or bad, good or bad morals and ethics are only opinions, for good or bad morals and ethics are only opinions, for what may be good in one case may be a disaster in what may be good in one case may be a disaster in

another.another.Sidney MadwedSidney Madwed

It is confidence in our It is confidence in our bodies, minds and spirits bodies, minds and spirits

that allows us to keep that allows us to keep looking for new adventures, looking for new adventures, new directions to grow in, new directions to grow in, and new lessons to learn - and new lessons to learn -

which is what life is all which is what life is all about.about.

Oprah WinfreyOprah Winfrey

One of the things One of the things about being a about being a grown-up is grown-up is

learning how to act learning how to act right even when right even when you feel wrong.you feel wrong.

Sean StewartSean Stewart

Be kind, for Be kind, for everyone you meet everyone you meet is fighting a hard is fighting a hard

battle.battle.

PlatoPlato