It is so hard trying to say what you mean.
One of the blessings of becoming an adult is finally seeing my mom and dad as people, not just parents.
Our relationship, our shared support, our consistency, is unrivaled by any other connection.
During adolescence, friends bring an intimate quality of support that can't be provided by any adult.
The comfort of our peer-connections is reflected in our most honest and direct hand-holding. When we trip, they are the first ones to pull us back up.
We are troubled, but we have hope and tremendous promise.
Growing up sometimes forces us to confront the distance between our childhood hope and the truth.
When I was interviewed after I got hired to replace Walter Alston, a future Hall of Famer, I was asked: 'Don't you feel pressure on you?' I said: 'Want to know something? I'm worried about the guy who's going to have to replace me. '
Each of you is a unique child of God. God knows you individually. He sends messages of encouragement, correction, and direction fitted to you and to your needs.
There can never be two or more equivalent electrons in an atom, for which in a strong field the values of all the quantum numbers n, k1, k2 and m are the same. If an electron is present, for which these quantum numbers (in an external field) have definite values, then this state is 'occupied. '
I shall refract myself, yes, I shall no longer be known as the prism.