“Laughter, song, and dance create emotional and spiritual connection; they remind us of the one thing that truly matters when we are searching for comfort, celebration, inspiration, or healing: We are not alone.” MatterInspirationMotivationalSpiritualSongHealingOne ThingEmotionalComfortLaughterConnectionsCelebrationNot AloneSpiritual ConnectionSong And Dance Author:Brené Brown
“Most people settle for connection, because love's too scary. They don't want to lose that feeling, that super high is too crushing so they settle for the comfort of connection.” PeopleWantFeelingsLosesComfortConnectionsScarySettlingCrush Author:Tony Robbins
“Grief is real because loss is real. Each grief has its own imprint, as distinctive and as unique as the person we lost. The pain of loss is so intense, so heartbreaking, because in loving we deeply connect with another human being, and grief is the reflection of the connection that has been lost. We think we want to avoid the grief, but really it is the pain of the loss we want to avoid. Grief is the healing process that ultimately brings us comfort in our pain.” ThinkingWantHumansPersonsHas BeensRealPainLostProcessHuman BeingsLossGriefHealingComfortUniqueReflectionConnectionsIntenseHeartbreakingDistinctiveHealing Process Author:Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
“It may comfort you to know that if your child reaches the age of eleven or twelve and you have a good bond or relationship, no matter how dramatic adolescence becomes, you children will probably turn out all right and want some form of connection to you in adulthood.” IfsKnowsWantMayChildrenMatterAgeFormTurnsComfortConnectionsOur ChildrenYour ChildrenDramaticTwelveAdulthoodAdolescenceEleven Author:Charlotte Sophia Kasl
“The comfort of our peer-connections is reflected in our most honest and direct hand-holding. When we trip, they are the first ones to pull us back up.” FirstsHandsFriendshipHonestComfortDirectConnectionsPeersHand Holding Author:Sara Shandler
“I feel bad for people who (don't have) faith because they don't have that blanket of comfort...If I'm going out on stage, I always say a prayer right before I go out. Whatever it is. Before I take off on a plane. There's just always this connection...God knows. I know. That's all I need.” PeopleIfsKnowsNeedsFeelsPrayerStageComfortConnectionsPlanesHave FaithGoing OutGod KnowsBlanket Author:Ted McGinley
“When people sing together, community is created. Together we rejoice, we celebrate, we mourn and we comfort each other. Through music, we reach each others hearts and souls. Music allows us to find a connection.” PeopleHeartSoulTogetherCommunityComfortConnectionsCelebrateRejoiceMournHeart And SoulMusic Soul Author:Peter Yarrow
“Nothing in our daily life offers more of the comfort of continuity, the generational connection of belonging to a vast and complicated American family, the powerful sense of home, the freedom from time's constraints, and the great gift of accumulated memory than does our National Pastime.” DoeHomeMemoriesPowerfulComfortOffersConnectionsComplicatedDaily LifeBelongingContinuityConstraintsPastimeGreat GiftsAmerican Family Author:Ken Burns
“Because I was in psychiatric treatment for most of my childhood and had to learn English and had to adjust to a white-dominated society, I truly know what being Sudanese refugees [adopting by white family] mean. It's not something that you can explain in the confines of an interview, but there is an immediate comfort, a connection between black phenotypes that is natural.” KnowsMeanBlackNaturalWhiteChildhoodComfortConnectionsInterviewsTreatmentRefugeeAdoptingPsychiatric Author:Kola Boof
“For many people, food is a source of comfort, connection, and control.” PeopleSourceComfortConnections Author:Tony Robbins
“You must find a more empowering source of comfort, connection, and control than food. Perhaps a creative outlet, helping others, becoming active in an organization, whatever.” HelpingCreativeSourceBecomingComfortConnectionsOrganizationActiveHelping OthersEmpoweringOutletsCreative Outlets Author:Tony Robbins
“You're far more likely to lose the weight and keep it off if you lose slowly, perhaps ½ to 1 pound a week, exercise moderately, and find that replacement for comfort, connection, and control. That's a doable long-term plan.” IfsLongTermLosesPlansWeekExerciseComfortConnectionsWeightLong TermPoundsReplacements Author:Tony Robbins
“If the question is, how do we best produce business people who can succeed in the post-Great Recession era, then I think the MBA programs and their connection to large companies remains intact but it's not the path to a "Business Brilliant" life. It's a path to a middle-class existence marked by large stretches of security and comfort with occasional eruptions that you're probably ill-prepared to handle. Do I sound too cynical?” PeopleIfsThinkingSoundExistenceCompanyClassPathMiddleSecurityProduceComfortSucceedProgramConnectionsRemainsPreparedIllBrilliantHandleErasPostsMiddle ClassCynicalOccasionalRecessionsEruptionMbaLarge CompaniesGreat RecessionMba Programs Author:Lewis Schiff
“That's the point of it, to have those connections, as painful as they are, as much worry as they might cause; they give back in strength and comfort and joy, believe it or not, and the more connections you make, the happier you are, the more point there is to getting up and getting through the day.” GivingBelieveMightJoyCausesWorryComfortConnectionsPainfulGiving BackComfort And JoyStrength And Comfort Author:Gregory Galloway