Mature adults gravitate toward new values and understandings, not just rehashing and blind acceptance of past patterns and previous learning. This is an ongoing process and maturity demands lifelong learners.

Change is hard, difficult, painful, and often messy

Being real is being true to you.

People pay a dear price when not dealing with the powerful emotions.

It is one thing to know about your dysfunctional habits but quite another to change them.

Many of the habits of dysfunctional families use are not from the lack of love but are the result of fear. Knowing the love-limiting habits and behaviors of dysfunctional families is a wonderful beginning to lower the fear, allowing us to be real, allowing us all to learn how to love better.

Sitting on the hot seat of change requires much courage, patience, and persistence.

Putting labels on others creates a black hole of disregard where judgment thrives and schisms deepen.

What are humans meant to do; why are we here? Are we a mutation on the earth destroying its host? Are we a cancer destined to kill what supports us? I think not. So exploring this question is a powerful exercise in meaning; what is the meaning of human existence?