“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 developing our friendship in broader and deeper ways.” — 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
