Quotes About Connection

Ella era su antigua amante, su confidente y su amiga.

They had drifted apart, as people do when they promise to stay in touch; the ones who are going to stay in touch don't need to promise.

So much road and so few places, so much friendliness and so little intimacy, so much flavour and so little taste.

The Talking Heads pulsed from every speaker. 'The centre is missing,' gasped David Byrne, and Patrick could not help agreeing with him. How did they know exactly what he was feeling? It was spooky.

Nevertheless, she treasured the idea that the Fauberts were connected to the earth in some wholesome way that the rest of us had forgotten.

Love breaks the hold of individualism; it builds new communities out of the ashes of broken and fragmented relationships.

The character of God is the basis for our connection to him, not our intrinsic worth. Self-worth, or anything we think would make us acceptable to God, would suit our pride but it has the disturbing side-effect of making the cross of Jesus Christ less valuable. If we have worth in ourselves, there is no reason to connect to the infinite worth of Jesus and receive what he has done for us.

The cure for shame will always be found in how we become connected to God.

He says "I love you" first, even when we respond with an indifferent shrug or the equivalent of a passing, "Oh, thanks." And in this we discover why it might be hard for us to move toward others: the one taking the initiative in the relationship—the one who loves most—is the one who risks humiliation.

The basic idea is to focus on the matchless worth of the Lord God and then get connected to him.

Knowing and being known—by design we enjoy human connections, and those connections are forged over time through normal interactions and questions that gradually ask for more. Such connections are the foundations for mutual help, and they are helpful in themselves since they are expressions of love.

Whatever our monument might be, we want it to be public, even if the public is one friend.

If you feel ugly you will experience shame. The two are bound together.

We are connected to things that have been forced on us, such as the sins of others

knew something about prayer, asked Jesus how to pray (Luke 11:1). Here is where prayer really

Sin can certainly be a cause of depression, but you must be careful about connecting the dots between the two. If you are being honest, you will always find sin in your life. Everyone does. That doesn't mean that sin caused your depression.

Imagine how aloneness could gradually be banished.

do not end the conversation without an offer to pray. Ask what he needs prayer for and either pray right then or pray later and then follow up the next time you see him.

You can't have a deeper relationship if you won't allow yourself to be known. All

Once we pray with or for someone, we are in the ongoing story of his life, and it is an honor to be there.

We don't aim to draw out problems so that we can be helpers. We are simply interested in knowing another person, which is a basic feature of everyday love.

Two mountains can never meet but perhaps you and I can meet again. I am coming to your waterfall

All anyone can hope for is just a tiny bit of love, manman says, like a drop in a cup if you can get it, or a waterfall, a flood, if you can get that too.

Our fatigue limited our desire to talk. Besides, each person's story did nothing except bring you closer to your own pain.