Author: familylives

Helping others means that we have to know who we are and who the other is. – JOHN MCGEE

The attitudes of the people who are around him each day are the attitudes he eventually takes as his own…The individual who is warmly received comes to think of himself as a friendly person who is well-liked. – GUNNAR DYBWAD

It is quite irrelevant how well the rest of an institution’s program is being fulfilled if one is concerned about that part of it which is terrifying. – BURTON BLATT

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