The most important part of discernment is pinpointing the forces to be reckoned with, both the constructive and destructive.

God helps them that help themselves._ When you begin to help yourself, which means to make the best of what is in yourself, you begin to attract to yourself more and more of those helpful things that may exist all about you. In other words, constructive forces attract constructive forces; positive forces attract positive forces. A growing mind attracts elements and forces that help to promote growth, and people who are determined to make more and more of themselves, are drawn more and more into circumstances through which they will find the opportunity to make more of themselves. And this law works not only in connection with the external world, but also the internal world. When you begin to make a positive determined use of those powers in yourself that are already in positive action, you draw forth into action powers within you that have been dormant, and as this process continues, you will find that you will accumulate volume, capacity and power in your mental world, until you finally become a mental giant.

True leaders don't give consoling answers, they take constructive actions.

You have to lift a person up before you can really put them in their place.

The things that interest me are less to do with perhaps finding myself and more to do with surviving and mercy and forgiveness.

Skillful conversationalists can explore disagreements and make points in ways that feel constructive and positive rather than combative or corrective.