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The Unspoken Words of Connection



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The Unspoken Words of Connection

It’s in the locking of eyes and letting it stay.
It’s in the curving of lips and letting out a smile.
It’s in the nod of heads in agreement or the wave of hands.
It’s in true and genuine admiration of someone or something.
It’s in the first steps, just like we learnt to walk – ‘hi’ ‘hello’
It’s in the affirmation and the reaching out. Most times, as always, someone must take the initiative.
It’s in the ease and flow – there’s sometimes usually no walls here.
It’s in the remembering of names and recalling it a few minutes or seconds after.
It’s in the hugs and kisses and holding of hands.
It’s even in the words we speak and how we say them.
It’s in letting in – sometimes a little deeper than casual.
It’s in the little things and sometimes in the big ones but most importantly, in how we make others feel –even if you just met them or long after they are gone.
It’s in the impressions – that’s not just a social media buzz word; it’s a human code.
It’s in embracing who we are and what makes us uniquely human.

Love & Light,
TA

Footnotes:
A lot of my thoughts and writings recently have been around human connection. I find it interesting and feel it’s very important for people to learn the art of connection. It is in the simplest things, yet they seem difficult because we love to protect our egos and would rather stick our faces in the light of our phones, scrolling and most times, doing absolutely nothing! Even by doing that, I have learnt that we simply just want to connect. I am not exactly extroverted but I truly enjoy the deep and sweet feeling of connecting with people. We all need our communities (physical and virtual) safer and kinder and to have this ideal community, we must all put in an effort to make it happen – HAVE YOU SMILED AT SOMEONE TODAY?


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  1. UnknownWednesday, November 27, 2019

    Awesome piece...there's more to a smile that is not heard or seen, but a lot hide with their buried faces in app, grams and twits

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    1. TAMonday, December 02, 2019

      Thank you so much for reading 🙂 - indeed there's more to a smile that is not heard or seen...

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