Quotes About Connection

I suspect that the most basic and powerful way to connect with another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention. And especially if it's from the heart. When people are talking, there's no need to do anything but receive them. Just take them in. Listen to what they're saying. Care about it. Most times caring about it is even more important than understanding it.

When we recognize the spark of God in others, we blow on it with our attention and strengthen it. No matter how deeply it has been buried or for how long .... When we bless someone, we touch the unborn goodness in them and wish it well.

Like all genuine prayers, this prayer is a powerful way of embracing life, finding a home in any outcome

We are all here for a single purpose: to grow in wisdom and to learn to love better.

Medicine is as close to love as it is to science, and its relationships matter even at the edge of life itself.

On the deepest level, I know my body is on my side.

We've all got our issues, our baggage experiences, our pet peeves, our weaknesses, our harebrained ideas, our nutty hang-ups and quirks, and areas of our character that God is still working on. That's just the way it is on this side of eternity. So we have to be willing to freely give and receive grace and to give and receive help. Because when we don't, people wind up isolated, hurting, and wondering if it's worth the risk to connect with others.

An animal that doesn't talk -- what a concept," Adriane remarked.

Love doesn't die. No matter how many bullets you put in it. It breathes on it's own without oxygen, without need for anything else. It exists, swirling in it's own form of gravity, ready whenever you are to be consumed by it.

Missing someone meant that you are fortunate to love someone in the first place. If you don't miss them you don't love them

Male and female friends are always only just-the-tip away from being more.

I want you," he says. "You said you didn't know what I wanted from you. I'm telling you. I want you. I want you to be mine. That's all I know for sure.

I just need her man. I just fucking need her to be with me,

This is more than okay. I missed you so much, Win. I missed you,

God, I'm so glad you're mine,

In the end, he somehow ended up looking like her father. Even with the dark bloody hair, pimple face and thin, crooked smile, he, like everything else, eventually looked like her father in the end.

These are the hands of Rachel Joy Scott and one day, will touch millions of people's hearts.

Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some people stay for a while, and give us a deeper understanding of what is truly important in this life. They touch our souls. We gain strength from the footprints they have left on our hearts, and we will never EVER be the same.

Adolescents, especially girls, are most resilient when they are connected to others.

Every morning at breakfast, or whenever you have consistent time together, cultivate a family practice of gratitude. It can be simple: "Today, I'm grateful the sun is out." "I'm grateful that I'm healthy." "I'm grateful that I get to see my best friend tonight." If you're not together, text with her about it, or do it on the phone. A reminder of what she has can help mitigate the longing for what she doesn't.

She felt so lovely in his hands. She felt so loved in his eyes.

How many other lives are hidden, and hearts are seeking? How many would give anything in the world to be held by the person they love?

When change happened to an individual, it happened to everyone around her - sometimes in ways she wished for, though sometimes in ways she wished against" Lynnie p 228-229

How many others are out there? How many other lives are hidden, and hearts are seeking? How many would give anything in the world to be held by the person they love?