Quotes About Connection

You really shouldn't say "I love you" unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget. Jessica - Age 8

Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen. Bobby - Age 5

It's such an amazing thing to be loved for who you are.

Happiness is a message not a look.

What we say is never about what we say; what we say is about who we are talking to. What we say is a tool to change our hearers.

High-tide grief calls for empathy, not solutions.

One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk. —TASHUNKA WITKO (CRAZY HORSE)

history has a way of intruding upon the present, and

One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk.' - Tashunka Witko (Crazy Horse)

I was born upon the prairie, where the wind blew free and there was nothing to break the light of the sun. I was born where there are no enclosures and where everything drew a free breath. I want to die there and not within walls. I know every stream and every wood between the Rio Grande and the Arkansas. I have hunted and lived over that country. I lived like my fathers before me, and, like them, I lived happily. Para-Wa-Samen (Ten Bears) of the Tamparika Comanches

If people believe you're on their side, they will trust your decisions.

While eschewing emotion - and its companion, vulnerability - Obama should be careful not to sacrifice empathy, the 'I feel your pain' connection that sustained Clinton. This connection is the shorthand people use to measure their leaders' intentions. If people believe you're on their side, they will trust your decisions.

I love you, in my mind where my thoughts reside, in my heart where my emotions live, and in my soul where my dreams are born. I love you.

They talked in the shorthand of old friends and shared memories.

Other religions sound good on the surface, but turn out to be impersonal systems based on grading what you 'do' to determine your worth. Christianity is the only religion that promises not a system but a personal God you have a relationship with. At its core, Christianity is a relationship with a God who is listening, responding, and interacting with those who love Him. That's how you prove it, Jen. You test Christianity's claims by testing out the relationship on which it's built.

He got lost in a memory for a moment, then glanced over at Gina. "What I miss most...she always used to say good-night just before she'd drift off to sleep. I miss those words, the good-night." "Someone was there, someone to share the end of the day," Gina said softly. She understood. Bishop nodded. "Someone was there. That's why you get married, Gina. Beyond all the other details of why, it's having someone there when the days ends. It's being together and sharing life.

Relationships are two layers of conversations. Adapting and also speaking your mind.

You let people hope," Sharon said firmly, "because hope is the very strong thread between earth and heaven.

As Bryce likes to say, a lot of coincidences seem to occur when you pray.

You are at your best, Ann, when you are alone with God. That's probably true of every Christian to one degree or another.

can hold that relationship with God only because He's reaching over and holding us up to His level, not because we can ever reach to His level.

The sun appeared over the hillside. "I'm tired, Tom." "It's okay to go home,' he choked. "Hold my hand?" His arms tightened around her and his fingers interlaced with hers. She closed her eyes against the brightness. "I love you." "I love you too," he whispered. Jennifer died feeling the warmth of the rising sun

The essence of community, its heart and soul, is the non-monetary exchange of value; things we do and share because we care for others, and for the good of the place.

Community is composed of that which we don't attempt to measure, for which we keep no record and ask no recompense. Most are things we cannot measure no matter how hard we try.