Quotes About Connection

I held it over my heart. Mrs. Worth smiled. "That's where a book should be carried.

You don't need fancy things to feel good. You can hug a puppy. You can buy a can of paint and surround yourself with color. You can plant a flower and watch it grow. You can decide to trust people - the right people. You can decide to start over and let other people start over too" -Sugar Mae Cole

But through it all I held Mrs. Pettibone's words in my heart-the ones she spoke to me after the funeral when she took my hand, looked into my face and said, "You've got your father's eyes.

Addie always keeps her promises. That's why my mother gave me to her.

now i believe that the way to anyone's heart is through their stomach, and, my boy, i'm here to tell you, we ware in the heart business. we're going to reach deep past the menu and into the emotional power of food because a person comes back to a restaurant again and again for one reason only - to fee their soul.

You can't be with someone else effectively, unless you can stand to be alone with yourself," he declared. "Being part of a couple isn't the final answer. It can't define who you are.

All people are alike when they sleep." Jeremiah Lopper paraphrasing Aristotle (p. 146)

I nearly tripped over Stieglitz, my dog, a forty-pound black-and-white keeshond (pronounced caze-hawnd) furball. He lunged at me with unbridled glee because the mere sight of my presence always made his day. It's important to have a dog. Dogs love unconditionally. (Thwonk)

She stamped the book and gave it to me. "You bring it back in three weeks." I held it over my heart. Mrs. Worth smiled. "That's where a book should be carried.

i mean, jillian gushed. you have this force connecting you. it's under the surface, but it runs deep.

What kind of kids live in Mulhoney, Wisconsin? Would they like me? Would I like them? Have they ever eaten sushi? That's usually how I determine food sophistication. Maybe a personal ad would get the ball rolling: Insightful, hardworking, 16-year-old girl, emotionally generous and witty, seeks friend/pal/chum to while away meaningful hours. Picky eaters need not reply.

A heart will say amazing things if it's given half a chance.

Come on over here and meet my memories

Cooking is about life. It gives us what we need to keep going, and it gives us something to share with other people.

Sonia Sotomayor] maintained tight bonds with her Hispanic community. On the May 25, 2009, evening that President Obama had called to offer her the nomination, he had asked her to promise him two things: 'The first,' she recalled, 'was to remain the person I was and the second was to stay connected to my community. I said to him that those were two easy promises to make, because those two things I could not change.

O'Connor had a knack for bringing a personal - and winning - touch to a situation when people least expected it.

I felt he was speaking

I don't know what the secret to longevity as an actress is. It's more than talent and beauty. Maybe it's the audience seeing itself in you.

For, without the knowledge of love, fear is all that remains, and we can never feel safe.

the thymus regulates the boundary between earth and heaven

Seed Thought Everything in the Universe has its own song. A chorus of frogs. The wind in the trees. Songs inspire the soul to remember how to love. Ave Maria opens the heart to compassion. Kyrie Eleison awakens forgiveness. Shalom Aleichem beckons the tired soul to rest. Om restores harmony and unity. Music is a powerful connection to our Source.

For this is the vision that unites all seven paths and creates the rainbow bridge to a new earth and a new heaven.

Our life purpose has both a general and a specific aspect. The first has nothing to do with our work in the world and everything to do with learning how to give and receive love.

Another way to let go of the serious self-importance of the ego that stifles the easy flow of creativity is to spend some time helping other people.