The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen.

Found on Tumblr in March

Ten tumblr quotes about life that caught attention in March

1. Look around you. The earth wouldn’t exist without the sun. Plants would die without rain. We’re all meant to lean on something. Or someone. Katie Kacvinsky, First Comes Love
2. Our lives are not fully lived if we’re not willing to die for those we love, for what we believe. Selma
3. 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 attention… A loving silence often has far more power to heal and to connect than the most well-intentioned words. Rachel Naomi Remen 
   
4. Working on myself, by myself, for myself. Anonymous
5. It’s alright if you finally stop caring, just don’t go and tell someone that does.The Avett Brothers
6.  Letting go of toxic people is a major step towards being happier. Unknown Author
7. My gentle fingers tracing the lines on your face to lift you from sleep. Daily Haiku on Love by Tyler Knott Gregson
8. She had always wanted words, she loved them; grew up on them. Words gave her clarity, brought reason, shape. Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient
9. The bad news — nothing lasts forever. The good news — nothing lasts forever. Unknown Author
10. There is no rain you need to wash your soul clean. Stop chasing the storms. Stop looking for the floods. What all you need lives so near, it’s inside you. Close your eyes. Breathe. And feel this. Today, everything changes, even when everything remains exactly the same. Akif Kichloo