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Today on Too Opinionated we sit down with multi-Grammy winning keyboardist George Whitty to talk about his new musical endeavour WHAT!!!! In addition to playing live with the likes of The Brecker Brothers, Herbie Hancock, the late David Sanborn and Chaka Khan, as producer and session keyboardist, Whitty's credits include Santana's blockbuster Supernatural (with Dave Matthews), Celine Dion's Falling Into You and These Are Special Times, Hancock's The Imagine Project and hundreds of others. He has won four Grammys for his work on Chaka Khan's The Woman I Am, Randy Brecker's 34th and Lex, Michael Brecker's Tales From the Hudson and the Brecker Bros.' Out of the Loop. Amidst all the searing soul balladry, deep spirituality, insightful and impactful social consciousness and rousing funk on their infectious dual album In the World, legendary, world-wise cats George Whitty and Ellis Hall – collectively pooling their decades of musical passion as Whitty Hall Artistic Team, aka WHAT!!!! - infuse a beloved, inevitable R&B classic into the enticing mix. Driven by Hall's trademark rousing vocals, their fiery, tight groovin' and brass fired twist on Isaac Hayes' co-penned “I Thank You” takes the 1968 Sam & Dave classic to fresh, exciting heights. It's a way for the duo to express gratitude for their incredible individual careers and all the serendipitous events that led them to this epic moment.   One of many potential hit singles and film licensing opportunities from the 10-track collection, “Die Living” is a simmering blues-soul anthem whose title came to Whitty out of the blue one day and led him to create a powerfully rhythmic gospel-influenced song with a bit of a raw front porch vibe. Hall's combination of vocals and organ drive the track, and he also adds various guitar tracks. In part inspired by a cool response Willie Nelson once gave a journalist who dared to ask if he would ever think of retiring, “Die Living” offers dynamic food for thought about wringing as much meaningful life experience we can during our time on this planet.  WHAT!!!!'s new album In the World releases on February 14th, 2025.  Want to watch: YouTube Meisterkhan Pod (Please Subscribe)

“Gratitude is not something children usually acquire automatically; it needs to be nurtured, in an age-appropriate way.” - Sarah Clark, MPH Why we need to develop gratitude Benefits of gratitude The Imagine Project 9 ways to start incorporating gratitude with your kids I'd love to hear how you incorporate gratitude. Email hello@motherhoodgrace.com and if you are enjoying the podcast, don't forget to leave a review! Motherhood Grace Shop at etsy.com/shop/motherhoodgrace

Herbert Jeffrey Hancock , 12 avril 1940, Chicago, Illinois, États-Unis Herbie Hancock est un excellent pianiste de jazz, chef d'orchestre et compositeur. Herbie est né à Chicago, Illinois. Il a fréquenté le Wendell Phillips High School à East Pershing Rd à Chicago, commençant initialement par une éducation musicale classique. Montrant des promesses remarquables dans son enfance, Herbie a été influencé par le groupe vocal Hi-Lo's. En 1960, il devient l'élève de l'artiste Chris Anderson, puis commence à travailler avec Donald Byrd et Coleman Hawkins. Herbie a également fréquenté l'Université Roosevelt de Chicago. Au fur et à mesure que sa réputation vieillissait, Herbie a commencé à collaborer avec Oliver Nelson et Phil Woods. En 1962, il avait signé avec Blue Note Records pour sortir son premier album 'Takin' Off''. L'album a attiré l'attention de Miles Davis sur Herbie, qui cherchait alors un claviériste. Il rejoint ensuite le Miles Davis Quintet en 1963, avec lequel il restera cinq ans, tout en continuant à sortir son matériel solo pour Blue Note Records. Son matériel solo pour Blue Note a continué jusqu'en 1969, avec les albums 'My Point Of View' (en 1963), 'Inventions and Dimensions' (en 1964), 'Empyrean Isles' (en 1964), 'Maiden Voyage' (en 1965), 'Speak Like A Child' (en 1968) et 'The Prisoner' (en 1969). Herbie a également joué sur plusieurs sessions d'enregistrement sur la côte Est pour le producteur Creed Taylor, qui comprenait la bande originale de "Blow Up", qui est devenue le premier de nombreux projets de bande originale de film. Herbie a quitté le Miles Davis Quintet en 1968. Il a sorti l'album 'Fat Albert Rotunda' un an plus tard pour l'empreinte Warner Bros. En 1970, Herbie étudiait le bouddhisme, ce qui l'a vu changer brièvement de nom pour son matériel enregistré, comme pour l'album "Mwandishi" en 1971. Mwandishi étant un nom swahili qu'il utilisait parfois ("Mwandishi" est le swahili pour "écrivain"). 1972, voit la sortie de 'Crossings', suivi de 'Sextant' un an plus tard (la première sortie après un changement de label chez Columbia Records). En 1973, Herbie sort l'album "Head Hunters", qui montre une émergence musicale vers un style plus funk/fusion. L'album comportait le morceau extrêmement populaire 'Chameleon'. Herbie commençait à maîtriser le synthétiseur et à développer son son, mis en valeur par une série d'excellents albums, dont 'Thrust' (en 1974), 'Death Wish' (en 1974), 'Flood' (en 1975), 'Man-Child ' (en 1975), 'Secrets' (en 1976) et 'VSOP' (en 1977). À cette époque, Herbie était un musicien de session vedette du tour de force de Stevie Wonder en 1976 "Songs In The Key Of Life" et fut plus tard le producteur du projet "8 for The Eighties" de Webster Lewis. En 1978, Herbie a sorti l'un de ses albums de fusion les plus commerciaux (et les plus réussis) dans l'album "Sunlight". L'album comportait l'hymne du club "I Thought It Was You", où Herbie utilisait son synthétiseur pour corriger toute "anomalie" dans sa propre prestation vocale. "Feets Don't Fail Me Now" de 1979 a continué le format, embellissant le son avec un format disco, présenté dans le single "You Bet Your Love". La même année, Herbie a demandé l'aide de Webster Lewis, Alphonse Mouzon, Bennie Maupin, Bill Summers et Ray Obiedo, pour un album enregistré "direct sur vinyle" au Japon, intitulé "Directstep" (qui présentait une face complète de l'enregistrement de l'album de "Je pensais que c'était toi". L'album 'Monster' des années 1980 présentait certains des enregistrements les plus émouvants d'Herbie, notamment 'Making Love', 'Stars In Your Eyes' et 'Saturday Night'. Il a immédiatement suivi l'album avec un disque plus fusionnel intitulé "Mr Hands" (avec "Just Around The Corner"). 'Magic Windows' de 1981 était une sortie beaucoup plus émouvante, qui a été suivie par 'Lite Me Up', une collaboration avec Rod Temperton du groupe Heatwave. L'album comprenait les populaires « Getting To The Good Part », « Motor Mouth » et « The Bomb ». L'album de 1983 "Future Shock" présentait le single à succès "Rockit" (souvent considéré comme la première chanson jazz hip-hop), qui présentait un son plus électronique que ses sorties précédentes. En 1984, "Sound System" présentait le morceau de fusion "Karabali", qui avait été diffusé à la radio à l'époque. En 1986, il enregistre l'album de la bande originale du film de Dexter Gordon "Round Midnight", pour lequel il remporte un Oscar de la musique originale. Après avoir sorti "Perfect Machine" en 1988, Herbie a quitté l'empreinte de Columbia après 15 ans. Il a signé par intermittence sur plusieurs labels, dont Qwest, qui a vu la sortie de l'album "A Tribute To Miles" en 1994. Cette année-là, il signe chez PolyGram Records, ce qui lui permet de sortir des disques de jazz pour Verve/Mercury Records. L'album de 1994, "Dis Is da Drum", présentait l'interprète dans un format jazz plus acide. Cette année-là, Herbie est apparu sur l'album de compilation de sensibilisation au sida de l'organisation Red Hot 'Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool'. En 1998, Herbie a sorti l'album «Gershwin's World», qui présentait des interprétations des standards de George et Ira Gershwin par Herbie, ainsi que Stevie Wonder, Joni Mitchell et Wayne Shorter. Il a sorti "Future2Future" en 2001, avec lequel Herbie a collaboré avec Bill Laswell et Rob Swift de The X-Ecutioners. Le trio a tourné pour soutenir l'album, se poursuivant jusqu'en 2005. En 2005, Herbie sort un album en duo intitulé "Possibilités". Les artistes en vedette comprenaient Carlos Santana, Paul Simon, Annie Lennox, John Mayer, Christina Aguilera et Sting. En 2006, Sony BMG Music Entertainment a récupéré les droits du catalogue Columbia de Herbie en publiant "The Essential Herbie Hancock". En 2007, Herbie a sorti l'album «River: The Joni Letters», son propre hommage à Joni Mitchell, le chanteur et auteur-compositeur. L'album comportait des contributions de Norah Jones, Tina Turner et Corinne Bailey Rae. "River" a remporté le Grammy Award de l'album de l'année 2008. En 2010, Herbie a sorti "The Imagine Project" et en 2013 a reçu le Kennedy Center Honors Award pour ses réalisations dans les arts de la scène. Différente de la carrière «motivée» de Miles Davis, la musique de Herbie a emmené l'artiste dans un voyage plus long, oscillant entre presque tous les développements du jazz électronique / acoustique et du R&B au cours du dernier tiers du 20e siècle. Contains samples of "Off the record interview with Herbie Hancock, [1986-1988?]-04-17" by Smith, Joe (1928-) (Interviewer) and Hancock, Herbie (1940-) (Interviewee). Retrieved from Citizen DJ, Joe Smith Collection at the Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.

BTS 9: Turning the Tables w/ Julia O'Malley: The Imagine Project On our last episode we heard from Julia O'Malley about the stories of Anchorage's pandemic year that she is compiling. On this episode we turn the tables and Julia interviews Joel Kiekintveld and Jessica Louwerse about the Anchorage Urban Training Collaborative's Imagine Project.   For More: https://www.anchorageutc.org/allpeople

More than half of all children experience trauma before the age of 17. Dianne Maroney is an expert in childhood trauma, not just because of studying it, but she's lived it in multiple ways. She grew up in a home plagued with abuse and the early death of her mother. Her daughter experienced major trauma as a baby, and she was directly impacted by the Columbine High School tragedy.But, Dianne has refused to let her past define her. She used what life has taught her to found a successful organization that helps children all over the world overcome their trauma and stress in a powerful way.You'll hear:What she lived through as a child and how it led to difficult teen years (including being in a gang)How she turned her life around to become to the first in her family to go to collegeWhat it was like to feel helpless through her daughter's traumaHer unique approach to helping children healThe mission of her organization, the Imagine Project, and how it reaches hundreds of thousands of children every yearPLUS, Dianne gives you a challenge to help start 2022 the right way!Learn more about the Dianne and the Imagine Project here.Don't forget to leave a review of this podcast on your favorite platform! It helps us get these stories out to more people.Get your FREE copy of the Unbeatable Army Survival Guide, a collection of writings and words of wisdom to keep your mental, emotional, and spiritual health in tact. It was written for warriors facing combat, but many parts apply to anyone facing life's greatest challenges. https://jeffstruecker.com/survival-guide/

In this episode of Is Training The Answer? John and Rory use the RICE methodology to take the bias out of prioritizing training project requests. What our takeaways are from our conversation about RICE: 1. Thinking about more than just audience size and urgency when prioritizing work. 2. Using a formula like RICE can help to take the emotion out of project prioritization. 3. Implementing a project prioritization framework can help you to have better conversations with stakeholders and the business about the value of new and existing work. Prioritization for project managers: https://www.intercom.com/blog/rice-simple-prioritization-for-product-managers/

Are you getting sick of messages of climate doom and dystopia? There's another way to talk about the future. In this episode, I'm chatting with Professor Joshua D. Wright on his fascinating research into the power of the “environmental imagination” and how it drives both practical behavior change as well as political action. It's about communicating “solutions” instead of “problems” – and it makes a dramatic difference to how people respond to the information, form groups, and lead movements. The effect of thinking of an alternative world is more subtle and nuanced than it seems. I think this might be the first research investigating the effect that looking at, and thinking about, ecotopian futures has on our pro-environmental behavior. I have a hunch that this research might be part of a growing zeitgeist of people moving out of overwhelm and into empowerment and agency over the future of our planet. Find his paper here https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0272494420306885 Sign up to my group, The Imagine Project at katiepatrick.com/imagine - we've got a group on Discord and a monthly Zoom devoted to building a movement of imagining a better world. How to Save the World is a Podcast About the Psychology of What Gets People To Take On Sustainable Behavior and Climate Action. Environmental engineer, designer, and author, Katie Patrick, hunts down the latest behavioral science literature from top universities such as Harvard, MIT, and Stanford to unearth the evidence-based teachings you can use to get magnitudes more people to adopt your environmental campaign, program, or product. Sign up for Katie's free behavior and gamification design course at katiepatrick.com Get a copy of How to Save the World on Amazon This podcast is supported by our friends at Earth Hacks who run environmental hackathons, Conservation X Labs who promote community-driven open tech development for conservation, and Climate Designers - a network of designers who use their creative skills for climate action. You might enjoy joining their communities and events. Contribute a monthly donation at patreon.com/katiepatrick to help me continue to make these episodes possible. Thank you to Jordan, Nader, Mike, Gary, Alex, Ben, Dee, and Ian for contributing! Xx Follow on Twitter @katiepatrick, Instagram @katiepatrickhello, and LinkedIn

In order to build a new world, we must first imagine what it will be. In the episode, I created a guided meditation you can use to enter a deep state of relaxation which allows you to experience different brain frequencies that bring out new creative ideas, visions, and inspiration that isn't possible while using your regular "busy" executive functioning style of thinking. Take a quiet 35 minutes of uninterrupted time to listen to this meditation. The meditation will take you through a body scan followed by a guided story that will help unlock your creative energy and shine a light on how you'll use it to transform the world. This meditation is part of my work to launch The IMAGINE Project. Its mission is to kick off a movement to help people imagine the world we DO want (instead of worrying about the one we don't). Sign up to get a free Earth Imagination Kit at http://katiepatrick.com/imagine and get an invitation to join the community and monthly group Zoom calls. Email or DM me your thoughts, ideas, and feedback about this meditation (and the podcast in general) and time at kp@helloworlde.com - I'd love to hear from you.

A scientist from NCAR contributed to a new U.N. report on climate change. She explains what it means for the western United States. Then, with classes starting, schools are still scrambling to hire teachers. And, seven musicians incarcerated in Colorado are releasing an album. Plus, the Imagine Project to help kids with anxiety.

A scientist from NCAR contributed to a new U.N. report on climate change. She explains what it means for the western United States. Then, with classes starting, schools are still scrambling to hire teachers. And, seven musicians incarcerated in Colorado are releasing an album. Plus, the Imagine Project to help kids with anxiety.

In today's episode, Susan Hartley talks about her experience raising a special needs child and how it helped her discover the Developmental Disabilities Resource Center. She also discusses her cousin's non-profit, the Imagine Project, and how beneficial its program can be.Music: UppbeatLicense code: ULKLLZSLSU8XCRCS

We sat down with psychiatric mental nurse and Imagine Project founder Dianne Maroney on this week's episode of Applaudable Perspectives. Based on her own experiences of grief and trauma, Dianne paved a path to encourage others. Marooney's The Imagine project equips kids with the tools to handle trauma and stress by providing a supportive and inclusive way to share their stories. Since its launch, The Imagine Project has reached more than 300,000 kids across all 50 states and 23 countries. Dianne also gives her advice to up-and-coming entrepreneurs of today and lists a few elements to her success. For more information about The Imagine Project, visit https://theimagineproject.org. Check out more episodes of Applaudable Perspectives by heading to our website.

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Emily explores ways that grandparents can love their grands uniquely through play, including visits to one of the largest private model train collection in the nation (see picture in episode art), a granddad who's become a Pokemon expert, and an author-educator whose strategies for play help to heal fear and loneliness. SHOW NOTES Emily's interview with Dianne Maroney covered The Imagine Project (web site) and her book, "The Imagine Project: Empowering Kids to Rise Above Drama, Trauma, and Stress."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dianne says when sharing our stories from the Imagine Project, we "create empathy for ourselves and pull empathy from other people." It's through this process that trauma is transformed and new understanding and awareness begins about the people around us. Tune in to this week's episode to discover this powerful seven-step process to help kids and adults overcome trauma, drama, and stress. "We feel compassion for others, particularly when we are right in front of it," says Dianne. She's seen first hand how much the sharing and processing of our "Imagine" stories is changing lives.

E130 Founder of The Imagine Project, nurse and author, human Dianne Maroney is the founder of a program that gives kids and teens (and adults) the opportunity to work through stress, trauma, and the drama of everyday life through expressive writing. She has seen first hand the transformative power of imagining things for the better. […]

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The Imagine Project has free journals and lesson plans that help students cope with the drama and trauma of life. Dianne Maroney helps teachers understand writing strategies shown to help children appreciate resilience in themselves and one another. www.coolcatteacher.com/e369 Sponsor: From now until September 28, Advancement Courses, an online provider of professional development for K-12 teachers, is donating 10% of their sales to funding DonorChoose.org projects. Go to advancementcourses.com/give to submit your project today. AND, if you are in need of PD, 10-Minute Teacher listeners get 20% off any online courses with code COOL20. With this coupon, a 3 grad credit course for continuing education, salary advancement, or recertification is only $359. So, go to advancementcourses.com/coolcat to learn more and use the coupon code COOL20. Never stop learning!

Giordano di Fiore in co-conduzione, in studio Dj Maffy e consorte (Paula) ..Playlist: 1. Felicidade, Tom Zé, Estudando o samba, 1975 2. action lekkin a, NEGRO LEO 3. louvado seja deus (LSD), Arnaldo Baptista - Mutantes 4. Loro, Egberto Gismonti, Em familia, 1981 5. è preciso dar um jeito meu amigo, Erasmo Carlos 6. Tempo de amor (Vinicius/Baden Powell), Céu,Herbie Hancock's Imagine Project, 2010 7. ideologia, Cazuza 8. Calçada, Criolo, Espiral de ilusao, 2017 9. baba do quiabo, Marcia Castro, 2017 10. Boca pequena, Curumin, Boca, 2017

Giordano di Fiore in co-conduzione, in studio Dj Maffy e consorte (Paula) ..Playlist: 1. Felicidade, Tom Zé, Estudando o samba, 1975 2. action lekkin a, NEGRO LEO 3. louvado seja deus (LSD), Arnaldo Baptista - Mutantes 4. Loro, Egberto Gismonti, Em familia, 1981 5. è preciso dar um jeito meu amigo, Erasmo Carlos 6. Tempo de amor (Vinicius/Baden Powell), Céu,Herbie Hancock's Imagine Project, 2010 7. ideologia, Cazuza 8. Calçada, Criolo, Espiral de ilusao, 2017 9. baba do quiabo, Marcia Castro, 2017 10. Boca pequena, Curumin, Boca, 2017

Isla Rowntree is best know for her company Islabikes, which transformed children's cycling - but before that she was integral to the fight for women's cyclocross, in the UK and internationally. Now her next challenge is the Imagine Project, creating sustainable bikes and cycling models for a world of scarce resources. We talk all this and more - and you can read the interview too, on my website, https://prowomenscycling.com/2017/03/26/sarah-interviews-isla-rowntree/

Literary practices are often associated with specific social groups in particular social settings. Kate Pahl‘s Materializing Literacies in Communities: The Uses of Literacy Revisited (Bloomsbury, 2014) challenges these assumptions by showing the varieties of literary practice in Rotherham, England. The book engages with the locally particular to draw out a variety of general findings, relevant to methodological reflection and material culture debates. The book draws on a wealth of projects from the AHRC funded Connected Communities programme, including Fishing as Wisdom, The Imagine Project, and Language as Talisman. The book represents an important intervention into how we understand community, literacy and identity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Literary practices are often associated with specific social groups in particular social settings. Kate Pahl‘s Materializing Literacies in Communities: The Uses of Literacy Revisited (Bloomsbury, 2014) challenges these assumptions by showing the varieties of literary practice in Rotherham, England. The book engages with the locally particular to draw out a variety of general findings, relevant to methodological reflection and material culture debates. The book draws on a wealth of projects from the AHRC funded Connected Communities programme, including Fishing as Wisdom, The Imagine Project, and Language as Talisman. The book represents an important intervention into how we understand community, literacy and identity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Literary practices are often associated with specific social groups in particular social settings. Kate Pahl‘s Materializing Literacies in Communities: The Uses of Literacy Revisited (Bloomsbury, 2014) challenges these assumptions by showing the varieties of literary practice in Rotherham, England. The book engages with the locally particular to draw out a variety of general findings, relevant to methodological reflection and material culture debates. The book draws on a wealth of projects from the AHRC funded Connected Communities programme, including Fishing as Wisdom, The Imagine Project, and Language as Talisman. The book represents an important intervention into how we understand community, literacy and identity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Literary practices are often associated with specific social groups in particular social settings. Kate Pahl‘s Materializing Literacies in Communities: The Uses of Literacy Revisited (Bloomsbury, 2014) challenges these assumptions by showing the varieties of literary practice in Rotherham, England. The book engages with the locally particular to draw out a variety of general findings, relevant to methodological reflection and material culture debates. The book draws on a wealth of projects from the AHRC funded Connected Communities programme, including Fishing as Wisdom, The Imagine Project, and Language as Talisman. The book represents an important intervention into how we understand community, literacy and identity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Literary practices are often associated with specific social groups in particular social settings. Kate Pahl‘s Materializing Literacies in Communities: The Uses of Literacy Revisited (Bloomsbury, 2014) challenges these assumptions by showing the varieties of literary practice in Rotherham, England. The book engages with the locally particular to draw out a variety of general findings, relevant to methodological reflection and material culture debates. The book draws on a wealth of projects from the AHRC funded Connected Communities programme, including Fishing as Wisdom, The Imagine Project, and Language as Talisman. The book represents an important intervention into how we understand community, literacy and identity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Literary practices are often associated with specific social groups in particular social settings. Kate Pahl‘s Materializing Literacies in Communities: The Uses of Literacy Revisited (Bloomsbury, 2014) challenges these assumptions by showing the varieties of literary practice in Rotherham, England. The book engages with the locally particular to draw out a variety of general findings, relevant to methodological reflection and material culture debates. The book draws on a wealth of projects from the AHRC funded Connected Communities programme, including Fishing as Wisdom, The Imagine Project, and Language as Talisman. The book represents an important intervention into how we understand community, literacy and identity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dianne was born and raised in Denver, Colorado. She holds a Master’s in Nursing from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, and worked as a Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse for fifteen years. Shortly after her daughter was born 14 weeks premature, she began working in mental health, helping families with premature infants deal with the traumatic effects of early birth. During her years of speaking to preemie parents and health care providers all over the United States, Dianne met countless individuals who told touching stories of strength, perseverance, kindness, and hope. These stories affected her so much that she wanted to capture and share them, firmly believing that the extraordinary stories of ordinary people would touch others too. Slowly, the idea for The Imagine Project grew far beyond capturing the tenacity of preemie parents to include the struggles and challenges of people from all walks of life. The Imagine Project hopes to effect change by promoting compassion and respect for our fellow human beings, whatever their plight. The Imagine Project: Stories of Courage, Hope and Love shares the inspiring life stories of 39 seemingly ordinary people from across the United States. The soulful photographs invite you to read further to see the person behind the stories they tell, stories of experiences that shaped their lives and sent them on paths unforeseen. They are real people; teachers, soldiers, fathers, daughters, athletes, farmers, young and old, rich and poor, educated, sophisticated and down-to-earth. They are like everyone, and everyone has a story. Sometimes these stories may seem simple and unremarkable, but if we look and listen closely, we discover tales of love and strength, hope and courage, perseverance and grace. This book will Reading this book will feel like visiting family and friends. Join Dianne on Tuesday April 14th at 9:30 pm EST to discuss with Janét how the imagine project has created a ripple effect of what makes us human in our ability to get up after we fall, our potential for inner growth, love and compassion.