QUOTE FOR TODAY:
"Of course, being addicted to approval is not the same as having a healthy appreciation for praise. Affirmation and encouagement are good things...What a sad world it would be if artists were never applauded, if home runs were never cheered, if children received no expressions of wonder and amazement at their first steps, if authors received no encouraging notes or (worse yet) no royalties." (John Ortberg in The Life You've Always Wanted, p.164).