Observation. A Key Therapeutic Skill

The quote about is from Sigmund Freud, one of the founders of modern psychoanalytic thinking. What he means is that if a person keenly observes another he will gain some understanding that a person is disturbed, anxious or uneasy about something. Observation is as...

The flower

The flower replied: You fool! Do you imagine I blossom in order to be seen? I blossom for my own sake because it pleases me, and not for the sake of others. My joy consists in my being and my blossoming. – Irvin Yalom, The Schopenhauer...