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13 Powerful Quotes On How To Connect With People

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
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If you want to build and strengthen your relationships with other people, you must get out of your comfort zone.

Meet people where they are.

‘We’re all just kind of waiting for connection to find us.’- Jennie Allen

Learn how to have real conversations with people.

‘We’ve replaced intrusive, real conversations with small talks, and we’ve substituted soul-baring, deep, connected living with texts and a night out together every once in a while.’- Jennie Allen

Live your life every day.

‘We are meant to live in community, moment by moment, breath by breath.’- Jennie Allen

Believe in God.

‘You will disappoint me. I will disappoint you. God will never disappoint us.’- Jennie Allen

Spend your day with positive people.

‘We’re not meant to go through our days alone.’- Jennie Allen

Show up.

‘You have to show up and put one foot in front of another here.’- Jennie Allen

Embrace other people.

‘No one can be your everything, but everyone has something to say, something to teach you, and something to bring to your life.’- Jennie Allen

Start where you are.

‘Anywhere can become a place to carry out your mission and anyone can become teammates.’- Jennie Allen

Be patient with people.

‘True discipleship isn’t something you do once a week. It’s what you do every day because that’s when you get to know people.’- Jennie Allen

Take your time.

‘The inconvenience chosen again and again changes us, wakes us up, makes us laugh and love and hope and dream.’- Jennie Allen

‘Friendships take time- a lot of time.’

‘I’m convinced a key reason for our loneliness is that we give up too easily.’- Jennie Allen

Be honest with yourself.

‘But the truth is always difficult, until it absolutely liberates your life.’- Jennie Allen

You need other people

‘We belong to each other.’- Jennie Allen

How To Rediscover Yourself

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
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No matter what you have done to yourself, no matter where you have been, no matter what you have called yourself in the past, and no matter what other people have done to you, you are a new person. You are no longer the old you. You are ready for a new beginning. You can rediscover yourself. And the right place to start is right here.

To rediscover yourself, you must 'set boundaries.' If you want something new in your life, then pay attention to what you allow into your mind. According to Payal Kadakia, 'We can't control other people, but we can set boundaries and limits. We don't have to talk about anything we don't want to. Everything we allow into our mind is food for thought.'' Because thoughts matter. 

Have a solid grasp of where you are in your life. If you know where you are, then you can plan your next move. But if you do not know where you are, you don't even know what is going on around you, then moving forward will be a heavy load to carry. According to Robert Ringer, 'Proper perception of reality is as crucial to life as oxygen. Trying to to make it through life without a solid grasp of reality is like stumbling around in a dark room laden with mines. Being aware of what you are doing and why you are doing it- a prerequisite for looking out for number one- means being conscious of what's going on around you.'' If you want to know where you are in your life, do not ignore what is happening in your life. It matters.

Be Honest with yourself. John Maxwell said, 'You can't help yourself if you are kidding yourself.' If you truly want to rediscover your true self, you must stop kidding yourself. And you must be honest with yourself. To quote Ringer, 'Deluding oneself about a person's true nature is not only self-deceitful, but self-destructive as well.'' Why is that? Because you will never get what you are seeking in your life, which is to rediscover yourself. You can't rediscover your true self if you are not being honest with yourself. If you want to move forward, honesty is the way.

Focus on what you still have. Focus on what you still have. Accept where you are. And be grateful for your life. We are happier when we appreciate our lives, when we focus on what is going well in our lives, and when we accept ourselves for who we are. In her book The Velveteen Principles: AGuide to Becoming Real, Toni Raiten- D' Antonio writes, 'Gratitude flows when you are able to focus on the positive instead of the negative.'' When we are going through difficult times in our lives, what do we do? We lose hope. 
And hope is what we need to put our lives together. If you want to rediscover yourself, do not lose hope.
Because it is the way forward.