25 words that connect us
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Thirty-three authors offer one thought about how we\'re connected in precisely 25 words. Beautiful photos carry the message along.TRANSCRIPT
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25 Words that Connect Us
31 Writers Put Their Thoughts in Precisely 25 Words
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25 Words that Connect Us
25 words or 25 people, linked meaningfully
make sense.They’re better.
Get the right thought connecting them, who’s to say they can’t
change the world?
Liz Strauss
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Enabling technologies are ubiquitous and available to almost everyone. But connectivity does not necessarily produce unity. Unity is a spiritual issue, not a technology solution.David Taboada
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Because of you
I’ve built a spare room
inside my head,
stocked it with fingerpaint
and sidewalk chalk
just to see
how you would decorate.
Amy Derby
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Sometimes I forgetHave to stop and ask myself:“Have we met?”Knowing you so wellThrough the power of your wordsLike friends forever.
Joanna Young
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My hair, mama’s eyebrows, grandma’s face. Little girl laughs, draws smiles, touches hearts. Share your love, grow beautiful, change the world.
Stacy Lang
At the moment I see the sun go down
some of my connected friends see the sun high
Where their morning coffeeis my lunchtime.
Karin H
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Pain war sufferingsorrow selfishness
deceit
pettiness narrow-mindedness
kindness empathy sacrifice
love vulnerability hope
light and day,red blood
universal bondsunifying bondage
onenessschizoWhat connects us can also divide us.
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And then I rememberI don’t know what you look like
78% water, 12% caffeine
on some nights I look upand I think the moon has your face
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It will ALWAYSbe about people first. Words areloose bridges of intention, and we use them to connect our ideas to other good people.
Chris Brogan
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Connections are about reaching and sustaining synergy with a target or audience; value must be generously gifted if it is to be reciprocated.Heather Rast
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You reached out, used my name, and replied.
First contact!
To be heard. To receive. To feel. To interact.
And that was just the beginning!
SpageAgeSage - Lori
Photo credit: speech path girl
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Hello? Is anyone home? I have a message I’d like to share with you. Hello? Is anyone listening? I really need to tell you about….
Michael VanDervort
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Have faith.Life's too short.
Show grace, seek peace.Work hard.
Break the tension.Seek joy helping others.
Never assume.Always improve.Find what's fun.
VanillaCokehead
Kelly EricksonEmail subject
like a bow on a present
My feelings summed up in
keystrokes, commanding
you:
Smile! Laugh! Miss me?
Open with a grin, dear.
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Women around the world share their storiesBringing hope and inspiration
Connecting with women living in povertyIn turn, they invest in changing their world
wonderwebby
Photo credit: farm3/static
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Years ago, closest friends were physically closest.
Neighbors knew everything.
Today, social networks are recreating an idea of local where once again neighbors know all.
Luke Gedeon
Image credit: Wikipedia
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Kara
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We need to rally around ourselves, our community, and the core existence of showing and expressing our hopes and dreams, not just selling our art.
Damien Franco
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Then…
Grey skies, time flies; many sighs -
Sad eyes, soulful cries; progress dies.
Now…
Blue bird, friends heard; kind word -
Hope spurred, undeterred; joy occurred!
Robert Hruzek
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When you are far away AvitalAnd out of my reach, I know we breathe the same airAnd watch the same sky; I’m happy again.
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Each of us reflects light differently,but all of us together paint the world.Branches both uphold our livesand provide a means to share. Todd Smith
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happinessis my work bliss. Because without youthere is no me. Your joy is mine and it is why I go on.
Karl - Work Happy Now!
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Tapestry
Each personA thread, a colorIn a tapestry woven.
Weaving, blendingSingle threads entwined
Each thread a placeAs patterns growTo beauty reveal.
Connected Creativity
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Live the Philosophy that Imperfect Action is better than No Action. It may never be perfect, so keep takingImperfect Action and live perfectly imperfect.
Giovanna Garcia
Image credit: istock
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Lives connectIn ways unrealized
A word,A smile or
A helping handOne life a stranger touches,
That touch extendsMore lives to mend.
Shadows Edge
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Break bread with me through the blogging medium my sisters and brothers;
crawl through the ether that both binds us and defines our limits.”
Bob Whaley
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Moment in time,
Make or Break moment-
When approached with listening ears,
Empathetic heart and desire to relate,
Connects us long after the moment passes. Make or Break Moments
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I see you.Not for what you might do for me…or to me.I see you…want to know you…change the world together.
Karl Edwards
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From Ben-Hur and Crazy Horse to cigarette boats, we
equate equus with power. Listen to its “Neigh” and
brand your voice. Google juice, anyone? Ari Herzog
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Mother Earth the sun ended todayautumn bursts of color come to viewa golden sea of yellow fallenglowing burnt siennacrunchy crunched under my feet
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A blogger’s words may grow icy with frost;
a published presence, subscriptions lost.
But wireless pathways and creative minds,
share colourful comments that forever bind.
Davina
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How are we connected? Surely not by wires and photons and beams.No, the things that unite us are ideas and feelings and beautiful dreams. WriteScribe
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Life is NOT a journey in which you tip-toe to the grave, but rather you slide in loudly proclaiming, ’WOW, what a ride!! Mark Salinas
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Please take responsibility for your actions now,
because what YOU sow, all our children will reap in the future. Go on, make it something excellent.
ZenCookbooks
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Connections aren’t about
how close you can get,
how far you travel,
or how long you’ve known
someone; it’s about reaching
across to their heart.
Todd Jordan
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Amy DerbyStacy Lang Karin H schizoChris Brogan Luke Gedeon KaraRobert HruzekTodd JordanAvitalTodd SmithBob Whaley Karl EdwardsDavinaMark SalinasWriteScribe
Joanna Young David Taboada
78% water, 12% caffeine SpageAgeSage - Lori Michael VanDervort
VanillaCokeheadWonderwebbyHeather Rast Kelly Erickson
Work Happy Now! Connected Creativity
Giovanna GarciaShadows Edge
Make or Break MomentsDamien Franco
Unmarked photos from sxc.hu
25 Words that Connect Usmake us better, make us stronger, Make us more vibrant, more intelligent,more flexible, more fluent, more creative, more . . . – Liz Strauss