Author: familylives

The basic question is not what we know, but what we feel. – JOHN MCGEE

It is not that choice is bad.  The issue that it requires a sense of trust of self and others.  It needs a strong foundation of feeling safe and loved so that decisions can be made. – JOHN MCGEE

Feeling safe and loved are preludes to choice.  Everyone needs to be grounded. – JOHN MCGEE

Care giving is a hard job that is seldom recognized and honored. – JOHN MCGEE

Do not worry about changing the person, just be satisfied with being with the person. – JOHN MCGEE

A good rule is to give in without giving up. – JOHN MCGEE

Control is quite often the hidden and unrecognized source of violence.” – JOHN MCGEE

Trust is a feeling in which a person listens, participates, contributes, and questions because he/she feels safe. – JOHN MCGEE

Nothing is more complex than teaching others to feel safe and loved. – JOHN MCGEE

It does not matter where you start, but how far you can go in terms of deepening a sense of gentleness in yourself, in the caregivers whom you encounter, and in the troubled individuals whom you wish to help. – JOHN MCGEE