“It’s recognizing that we’re making judgments about someone without yet loving them, forgetting that it is love in the end that makes all the difference” — Shasta Nelson Copy Share Image
“I refuse to let past rejection, fears, insecurities, and previous losses stop me from being ready to receive this time.” — Shasta Nelson Copy Share Image
“Community organizers, whose entire goal is to move people to action, know that for our interest to be sustainable it has to be linked… — Shasta Nelson Copy Share Image
“When we enter into Community Friends territory, we have crossed the lines of our original relationship boundaries so that now it feels normal to… — Shasta Nelson Copy Share Image
“People bond more deeply over the quantity of perceived similarities than over the quality—the number of similarities matters more than their content. What we… — Shasta Nelson Copy Share Image
“It’s recognizing that we’re making judgments about someone without yet loving them, forgetting that it is love in the end that makes all the… — Shasta Nelson Copy Share Image
“The strength of our friendship isn’t as dependent upon how much we like each other, but more on how much time we spend together… — Shasta Nelson Copy Share Image
“An airport cannot choose to only accept arrivals and not departures; there are valid times for travel in both directions. I cannot force people… — Shasta Nelson Copy Share Image
“I want to show up in life in such a way that you feel encouraged in my presence. Not just applauded, but deeply hopeful.” — Shasta Nelson Copy Share Image
“For developing relationships to what we call familiarity, I find that it takes most women six to eight times meeting with someone before they… — Shasta Nelson Copy Share Image
