Quotes About Connection

If you were to skip your time with God, would you be more concerned about missing the mark or missing God?

Show me a church composed of real people who aren't afraid to acknowledge and talk about their flaws, and chances are, it's a growing church. If, on the other hand, vulnerability is met with the cold legalism of others, then prayerfully consider finding a place where authenticity is the focal point.

sometimes it's not necessary to know what elephants or people are thinking, as long as one honors what they are feeling.

Sharing one umbrella, We have to hold each other, Round the waist to keep together, You ask me why I'm smiling- It's because I'm thinking, I want it to rain forever.

I rolled in the ash of the fire just to be touched and dirtied by something.

I felt so heavy with love. I could feel it packed inside my chest.

To Have a Friend You Must Be a Friend.

You will always be your child's favorite toy.

I didn't know his middle name or his favorite color, but I knew how his thoughts felt caressing my mind. The bright tang of his adrenaline coursing under my skin. The force of his heart, strong and rhythmic and a bit sad, pumping within my own chest.

The only bone in my body he ever loved was his.

lovers, even those who are married, always exist autonomously of one another, no matter how close they are or how long they've known each other. That's why jealously can flare in even the most intimate relationships. Because you know that at some basic level this person exists separately from you. No mater how close you are, the landscape of their life is always tinted a different hue than your own." - Hunter to Joanna

Chemistry was such a strange thing. I'd be willing to bet even Micah couldn't tell me why hundreds of men could leave me cold, while this one could string me along forever with only a smile.

Charis sipped, smiling back. "...I saw God everywhere." Grif narrowed his eyes. "Really?" She nodded and leaned close. "We were actually pen pals. I'd write Him letters in Latin and leave them in my closet." "Why the closet?" She shrugged. "Because He didn't appear after I set my front yard's bushes on fire, so I decided He was shy.

As you take your eyes off the false prize (of more, better, and different stuff), you put them on the real prizes: friends, family, sharing, caring, learning, meeting challenges, intimacy, rest, and being present, connected, and respected. In other words, those best things in life that are free. Like all things natural, building this wealth takes time, attention, patience, and reciprocity (that volleying of giving and receiving that builds relationships).

If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward.

The shortest distance between two people is a smile.

Laughter is the closest distance between two people.

I'd like to thank my parents for making this night possible. And my children for making it necessary.

A smile is the shortest distance between two people.

laughter is the shortest distance between two people

Santa Claus had the right idea. Visit everyone once a year.

My mom and my father's birthday are on the same day.

We, some cast members and I, even went on a weekend trip together and spent the weekend at an inn, because we enjoy each other's company so much, and it was so cool.

A shiver ran through him. "That actually might have been the best kiss of my life." Maurizan fixed him with a hard glare. "That does not mean you have permission to die.