Mon, 03 Mar 2025 15:15:54 -0800WeeblyMon, 26 Oct 2020 01:03:06 GMThttps://www.batsonmft.com/quotes/balancing-of-joy-and-darknessSo few grains of happiness
measured against all the dark
and still the scales balance.

                      - from Jane Hirshfield, “The Weighing”

]]>Tue, 30 Apr 2019 00:45:09 GMThttps://www.batsonmft.com/quotes/love-has-to-be-madeLove doesn’t just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.                                                        —Ursula K. Le Guin]]>Tue, 30 Apr 2019 00:33:17 GMThttps://www.batsonmft.com/quotes/the-value-of-allowing-others-to-be-there-for-youEmotional dependency is not immature or pathological; it is our greatest strength.
                                                  - from The Love Secret by Sue Johnson

]]>Mon, 20 Jun 2016 05:17:41 GMThttps://www.batsonmft.com/quotes/having-a-reason-makes-all-the-differenceHe who has a "why" to live for can bear almost any "how".
                                                             - Friedrich Nietzsche
]]>Wed, 06 Apr 2016 20:50:53 GMThttps://www.batsonmft.com/quotes/reframing-fearFear is excitement without the breath...
--Fritz Perls]]>Sat, 20 Feb 2016 04:17:43 GMThttps://www.batsonmft.com/quotes/staying-afloatShips don’t sink because of the water around. Ships sink because of the water that gets in them.  Don’t let what happens around you get inside of you and drag you down.
​-- Unknown
]]>Sun, 01 Nov 2015 07:18:47 GMThttps://www.batsonmft.com/quotes/recognizing-joy-brings-wisdomWhen we are without joy, we grope in the dark. When we are centered in joy, we attain our wisdom. Joy is what happens when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things are.             – from A Woman's Worth by Marianne Williamson
]]>Wed, 22 Jul 2015 16:54:20 GMThttps://www.batsonmft.com/quotes/putting-failure-in-perspectiveFailure describes an event, not a person.]]>Sun, 03 May 2015 04:28:05 GMThttps://www.batsonmft.com/quotes/everyone-is-a-genius-in-their-own-wayEverybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.
-- Albert Einstein]]>Mon, 18 Aug 2014 22:40:41 GMThttps://www.batsonmft.com/quotes/pick-your-labelsIf you must label my child as something, "super awesome" will do just fine.
                   -- nationalautism.org]]>