Brené Brown, in Dare to Lead , advises us to admit to experiencing shame or admit that we’re sociopaths. Just the word shame is uncomfortable. It has more control over our lives they less we talk about it. It’s easy to let the crowd get in our head and hijack our efforts. Without clarity of values, anywhere else to look or focus, or a light above to remind us why we are here, cynics and critics can bring us to our knees. We need our values to remind us why we went in wheneve

In Emma , by Jane Austin, the quietness of a game makes it eligible to Mr. Woodhouse. The letters of a word are used as a vehicle for gallantry and trickery. Frank Churchill proposes, with a glance to Jane, to pass a word to Emma. Mrs. Weston is convinced that it must be a relief to Miss Fairfax to be able to speak of Miss Fairfax’s engagement. Miss Fairfax admits that since her engagement she has not experienced a single tranquil hour. Emma questions if Miss Fairfax consider

In Emma , by Jane Austen, Mr. Knightley tells Emma that he said to himself that even Emma would think that Harriet Smith and John Martin were a good match. Emma asserts that Martin is her societal inferior. Mr. Knightly questions how it could be a degradation to her illegitimacy and ignorance to be married to a respectable, gentleman farmer. Looking back on her interactions with Mr. Elton, Emma assures herself that his manners must have been unmarked, wavering, or doubtful fo