Personal experiences and perspectives: Experiences in communication -- My philosophy of interpersonal relationships and how it grew -- In retrospect: forty-six years -- Growing old: or older and growing? -- Do we need "a" reality? -- Aspects of a person-centered approach: Foundations of a person-centered approach -- Empathic: Unappreciated way of being -- Ellen West-and loneliness -- Building person-centered communities: Implications for the future -- Six vignettes -- Some new challenges to the helping professions -- Process of education-and its future: Can learning encompass both ideas and feelings? -- Beyond the watershed: And where now? -- Learnings in large groups: Their implications for the future -- Looking ahead: Person-centered scenario: World of tomorrow, and the person of tomorrow.