The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attentionโฆ. A loving silence often has far more power to heal and to connect than the most well-intentioned words.
Rachel Naomi RemenThere should be a word that means beginning/end because nothing begins without something dying.
Rachel Naomi RemenGrieving allows us to heal, to remember with love rather than pain. It is a sorting process. One by one you let go of the things that are gone and you mourn for them. One by one you take hold of the things that have become a part of who you are and build again.
Rachel Naomi Remen