“The most basic way to get someone's attention is this: Break a pattern.”
“To get someone's attention break a pattern of thinking.”
“Attention is the most basic form of love; through it we bless and are blessed”
“Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way.”
“The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention…. A loving silence often has far more power to heal and to connect than the most well-intentioned words. ”
“Your thoughts construct patterns like scaffolding in your mind. You are really etching chemical patterns. In most cases, people get stuck in those patterns, just like grooves in a record, and they never get out of them.”