Quotes About Connection

Entusiasmo significa «rapto divino». De en-theos, estar con Theos, con lo sagrado. Conectar con el impulso creador. Dejarse arrastrar por la fuerza de lo que se desea contar.

No es de extrañar esa conexión cristiana con Egipto: ¿acaso alguien todavía ignora que Jesús pasó parte de su infancia en Egipto, cuando sus padres huyeron de Herodes? (Mt., 2, 13-18), ¿o que la imagen de la Virgen sosteniendo al niño en su regazo ya aparecía miles de años atrás en representaciones egipcias, siendo Isis la que sostenía a su hijo Horus en la misma postura? La conexión existe. Y es indudable.

One of the habits that Dr. Stephen Covey discusses in his book 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is, "Seek first to understand, then to be understood.

The people who avoid communicating their emotions are the very people we need to avoid.

I am not the lonely human, plunked down on earth to aimlessly wander. I am a part of that earth and not going anywhere- just like the spider up in the corner, the dust on the sill, and the cat I buried in the backyard. -Jamaica Ritcher.

Presence is a noun, not a verb; it is a state of being, not doing. States of being are not highly valued in a culture that places a high priority on doing. Yet, true presence or "being with" another person carries with it a silent power.

Love is primal. It is comprised of compassion, care, security, and a leap of faith.

No one knows for certain how much impact they have on the lives of other people. Oftentimes, we have no clue. Yet we push it just the same.

if you can talk to them about themselves, you'll have their full attention.

it's depressing if you can't do something, sell something, establish something with all those people who visit you.

Tullius Cicero said: "The eyes are the window to the soul.

Audience targeting. When you're under attack, search out your persuadable audience. Aim your response at that audience, even if you're speaking to the bully.

People wanted to follow these leaders, who cared about them. All three understood what was in the best interest of their audiences. That is how they got to be so loved.

How do you get a human to think you're caring? The obvious way is actually to care.

your audience needs, and do your best day after day to meet those needs. But that's not persuasion, which works faster. To persuade someone that you're a caring person, you need to do two things. First, show you understand. Second, offer to make some little sacrifice.

You can't stay mad at somebody who makes you laugh.

You cannot be mad at somebody who makes you laugh - it's as simple as that.

The capacity for friendship is God's way of apologizing for our families.

I think men talk to women so they can sleep with them and women sleep with men so they can talk to them.

The capacity for friendship is God's way of apologizing for our families.

You have friends who actually care about you and speak the language of the inner self. You have avoided them of late. Your soul is as disheveled as your apartment, and until you can clean it up a little you don't want to invite anyone inside.

Great minds sink alike, right?

a pockmarked boy with a scraggy ponytail and four tiny rings in his right ear leaned against the wall of the armory, holding his dog on a leash, a sign hanging from his neck: PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PET MY DOG. IT MAY MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER.

Sometimes, sitting there on the cushion failing to watch your breath, it can feel like you're the only weirdo weird enough to be wasting your time in this way. But you're not! There are generations of weirdos, monasteries full of them, and we have the benefit of their accumulated wisdom.