“It is very difficult to over-encourage someone.” Mark Greenawald, MD (a principle I live by)

“Emotions are contagious. We’ve all known this experientially.” Daniel Goleman, PhD

“The true currency of social connection is not simply social proximity, but rather vulnerability, empathy, and focused attention.”    Vivek Murthy, MD (former Surgeon General)  

“I’m Just Not Myself ….” Physician Colleague

“We all need somebody to lean on.” Bill Withers

Gratitude turns what is into enough.” Anonymous

“Fear makes us feel our humanity.” - Benjamin Disraeli

“We suffer more in imagination than in reality.” - Seneca

“The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel humans to unfold their powers.” - Eric Fromm

“The last of the human freedoms: to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.” - Viktor Frankl, MD

“Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen …. Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world.” - Brene Brown (The Gifts of Imperfection).