Imagination

Parents pave the course for a child's imagination to run, explore and play by respecting the child's integrity, which is to discover places no one has ever been before.

Billy Collins: Everyday moments, caught in time

Resources:

• San Diego Creative Connection
• Billy Collins (Poetry Foundation)
• Horoscopes for the Dead: Poems by Billy Collins

Transformation

I do not quite know how my daughters transform my mind.  Often, they invite me into their exuberant joy of exploration, and together we take in the beauty that surrounds us.  Sometimes, on a spiritual level, I wonder who is teaching whom.

    

               

Empowerment

"KONY 2012 is a film and campaign by Invisible Children that aims to make Joseph Kony famous, not to celebrate him, but to raise support for his arrest and set a precedent for international justice" (Kony2012.com).

• Inside the books of the charity behind viral "Kony 2012" video - Read more.
• Charity Navigator: Review of Invisible Children charity

Friends

Several bottles of laughter, stories and music with friends has lasting effects on the spirit and longevity of one's life.