Attitude is Power

P O W E R

"I've come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the MOMENT.  It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather.  AS AN INDIVIDUAL, I possess tremendous power to make SOMEONE'S life miserable or joyous . I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration.  I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal.  In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or deescalated and that PERSON humanized or dehumanized.
                        Haim Ginott [as edited by Mare because I think it relates to everyone and every situation....Think about it.]

Here is the original quote which we received as teachers, and I found it to be so profound that I kept it by my desk to remind myself to be aware of 'POWER'...