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“You want genuine beauty? Real beauty? The kind of connection that isn’t short-lived, but rather feels like it has existed for hundreds of years? The kind of connection that feels all-consuming and feverish and grounding at the same time?
Connect.
Sit with someone and ask them about all of the horrible things they have done in their life, and listen to the way their voice cracks. Sit with someone and let them tell you about what it felt like to lose their dad, what it felt like to break the heart of someone they once loved. Sit with someone and look them in the eyes, hold their hand, listen to the way they talk about the things they are passionate about, how their smile curves towards their ears. Sit with someone and let them touch you. Not physically, but mentally. Sit with someone and let them have you, not tangibly, but on a soul level. Only then will you understand why lust is so vacant in comparison, why it is so dull.”
Bianca Sparacino in A Gentle Reminder