Collection: Inspirations

Giraffe and Jackal come with  quotes by Marshall Rosenberg, Founder of Compassionate (Nonviolent) Communication.

Marshal used the giraffe as a symbol of compassionate listening with empathy and the jackal as a symbol of our inner voice of judgements.

Friends of Nonviolent may recognize some favorite quotes and find some words inspired by Marshall Rosenberg.  They are a reminder of looking more deeply into our selves and others to find the connection of universal needs behind the circumstances. 

Since every action, thought, and word is sourced by a Universal Human Need, there is always a “need” behind the “no”. Unfortunately, we are so well-versed in taking the “no’s” we hear personally that we fail to exercise our choice to find that “need or value”. Instead, we make a judgment about ourselves.