As is often the case, William Shakespeare got to the heart of the matter: “Make not your thoughts your prisons,” (Antony & Cleopatra). A more contemporary version might be, “You don’t have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you.” Either way, you might think this advice is just common sense. Yet, what […]

This fragment of wisdom comes from Helen Keller, who had her share of challenges. Born in 1880 in Alabama, she was blind and deaf. Yet, she went to Harvard (in itself, an achievement for a woman at that time) and became a tireless campaigner for disability rights. Keller’s words describe the vision guiding our long-time Rwandan partner […]

The only normal people are the ones you don’t know very well. An Austrian psychologist called Dr Alfred Adler made that observation in the early 20th century. It deserves a wider audience because so many unhappy people would benefit from knowing they are not unique or alone in their unhappiness. World Mental Health Day October […]