"Connection is the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued." — Brené Brown
"Connection is the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued." — Brené Brown
Connect More
You know that tiny moment when a stranger smiles, a friend really listens, or someone says the thing you didn’t know you needed?
That’s the good stuff.
This page is for the little reminders that we are not alone, no matter how convincing our weird little brains can be.
For When You Feel Like an Island
Sometimes the world gets loud. Sometimes we get quiet. Sometimes we forget that connection is not always a grand gesture.
Sometimes it is eye contact or a real question. It might be a hand on the shoulder. A tiny bridge built in the middle of an ordinary day.
No Man Is an Island
by John Donne
No man is an island,
Entire of itself;
Every man is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less,
As well as if a promontory were:
As well as if a manor of thy friend's
Or of thine own were.
Any man's death diminishes me,
Because I am involved in mankind.
And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls;
It tolls for thee.
For the Part of You That Wants to Be Understood
Being listened to is wildly underrated.
Not fixed. Not interrupted. Not turned into a TED Talk by someone’s uncle. Just heard.
Excerpt from "being heard"
by inferno heart
In a world where silence suffocates the heart,
Where whispers drown in shadows, lost and torn apart,
Comes the tender warmth of an open ear,
A sanctuary of solace, where the soul draws near.
Like a fragile bird that flutters in the breeze,
To be heard is to be cradled, to feel at ease.
Validation dances like sunlight on the skin,
Each word a gentle petal, where understanding begins.
Sometimes it’s the small stuff
Connection does not always arrive as a life-changing conversation.
Sometimes it is a smile or a kind word. Maybe it’s a poem sent at exactly the right time. A tiny “I see you” in the middle of a regular Tuesday.
Tiny Action
Ask someone, “How are you really?”
Send a poem or video from this page to someone who might need it.
Send a poem or video from this page to someone who might need it.
Give a specific compliment.
Listen without preparing your next sentence.
For the People Who Make Life Less Weird
We all need people.
The ones who show up. The ones who tell us when we have spinach in our teeth. The ones who make the hard stuff softer and the good stuff louder.