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The following tweets are my own. ~© Samantha S Hall 2012-2016 All Rights Reserved

The first step to happiness is the point at which authentic human connection meets genuine love. ~Samantha Hall

Guilting people into action may get you temporary compliance but it will never earn you a loyal heart.

Kindness is more than a word, it’s an experience. We know it when we experience it. We feel it when we don’t.

Compassionate souls who care about others have the capacity to help ease suffering in the world.

Genuine kindness isn’t bought or sold. It is a quality that stems from a persons character and nature.

‘Character is forged in the fires of experience over time.’

‘Truth and integrity must be at the heart of leadership in order for wisdom to prevail.’

‘When we are not being our authentic selves, we are often being what we think others want or trained us to be.’

‘Acting like a leader is playing the role based on position/title. Being a leader stems from knowing who you are.’

‘Awareness is the 1st step to change.  Create awareness by asking questions. Sharing ideas. Make connections. Connect the dots.’

‘Watch out for all the political smoke screens. They intentionally divert attention away from looking behind the curtain.’

‘When it comes to any purpose or goal, faith and doubt cannot occupy the same space at the same time.’

‘It is the level of intimacy we have with ourselves that determines level of intimacy possible with anyone else.’

‘The more we know ourselves, the more we can say ‘no’ to anything that does not honor and fulfill us at a heart/soul level.’

‘Vulnerability is one of the key ingredients needed to create and sustain genuine connection.’

‘The only actions that truly matter and have significance are those that stem from genuine love and meet legitimate needs.’

‘We walk the talk by saying what we mean. Meaning what we say. Model the values/actions we expect in others.’

‘No one is leading at all unless there is a ‘we’. If leadership isn’t about the ‘we’ then we don’t need it.’

‘Character-based leadership traits include truth/integrity at the core. Love/servant-based. Values driven. Focus on > good.’

‘Charisma may get people in the door, but it is trust and integrity that keeps people there in the end. Talk is cheap.’

‘We all need someone we can trust.’

‘Authentic leaders have the courage to face their inner demons so that it doesn’t leak out onto others and cause damage.’

‘One of our challenges in life is in finding grace and balance in the union between ‘room 2 improve’ and ‘already enough’.

It is lack of truth that keeps the world in bondage. Truth = Love. Love is truth.

When we silence the truth in our own hearts or in others because we can’t bear to hear or feel pain, we deny truth.

If the heart screams NO! and the mind is saying ‘Keep going!’ That’s an internal conflict of interest. Follow your heart.

If the heart is saying YES! and the mind is saying ‘But what if? And remember when?’ Fear and false beliefs are keeping us stuck.

It is unhealthy to suppress our emotions. However, some emotions like anger can be volatile if not handled w/ care.

We can learn to speak w/ an understanding that love is not diminished in the face of a negative feeling expressed responsibly and owned.

We can learn to embrace diverse opinion and disagreement with an understanding that it does not mean loss of love.

The willingness to be vulnerably honest and open is the doorway to authentic connection.

Willingness to be vulnerable is an essential ingredient to effective #leadership, relating, and living.

Our experiences in life have the capacity to mold, shape, and refine us for greater service.

Part of my #dream/vision is to learn/teach how to co-create spaces where it is SAFE to be honest and emotionally vulnerable.

SPIRITUAL HUMOR

• Humorous Life-changing Idea #1: Your existence is not a threat to the Universe. So go ahead. Breathe.

• Humorous Life-Changing Idea #2: The Universe does not become insecure or have an identity crisis when you have doubts and fears.

• Humorous Life-Changing Idea #3: The Universe is not worried that it will be de-throned in the face of ANY question you might ask.

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Every encounter we have with someone is ‘undiscovered country’. If we think we already know the country, we miss true discovery.

Pre-judgments and assumptions are some of the greatest obstacles to genuine connection.

If we build together based on a foundation of sincere relationship, it is stronger, more stable, lasting then what is built on greed.

Opportunists: When u encounter people who have already drank a few glasses of kool-aid, don’t be shocked when they decline to drink yours.

The connection between change, leadership, & learning is awareness, open heart, love in action.

Leaders can transform organizations by leaning towards what is in best interests, values, safety for majority.

Leadership isn’t about power, it’s about service to the greater whole.

Having an open heart that is willing to learn at all times is critical to leading in any capacity.

Legitimate human needs cannot be ignored or neglected for effective learning to take place.

Can true happiness exist apart from meaningful connection with others?

We must learn to practice listening with our hearts rather then only our ears if we want to connect deeply with one another.

Transition is the space between letting go of what has been and stepping into what is yet to be.

Like stars, we are lights kindled in the darkness. Whether dim or bright, our life is the light.

Don’t pay so much attention to what people say, teach, or sell then to the reality of your experience w/ them and how they treat you.

Facts alone do not move anyone. Emotion is the driving force behind action.

1 of the ways we can determine whether knowledge has any value is if it moves people to take action. If it doesn’t, time 2 reexamine.

Talking about ideas like love and living out loving actions are 2 very different things. Many confuse the former w/ real love

You can know a system is dysfunctional when much time is spent talking about the truth instead of actually telling the truth

Conflict resolution and relationship restoration cannot take place as long as hearts are closed and unwilling to learn

We cannot force others to be honest or tell the truth. A difficult thing to grasp sometimes especially in those we care about.

Dishonesty creates disconnection in our #relationships. Only honesty and love can restore connection.

We have the capacity to transform suffering into compassion for self; which allows us to have compassion for another.

Make friends with your feelings. Especially the ones that scare you the most.

One of the most damaging #lies on the planet is to convince people to believe their legitimate needs don’t matter. Or are non-existent.

Let us serve truth and justice rather then continue to enable oppressive practices. We can find ways to co-exist without the oppression.

Genuine #love has compassion for all but is not in service to or obedient to injustice or inequality of any kind. Make no mistake.

Nothing of any TRUE lasting value and significance was ever built on the foundation of guilt.

It would be a shame to spend one’s life revealing ‘the way’ while completely missing the point ourselves.

Some lie to protect themselves. Sometimes others. Only to find that in the end, the truth would have set everyone free.

A hardened heart cannot yield love and mercy any more then a rock can.

If you don’t build on a solid foundation to begin with, what you build will remain unstable for the duration.

The world is filled with #trust builders and trust busters. Are you spending more time building or busting? #leadership

If today was your last day or their last day, what would you do differently? What would you say? How would you be?

Overachievers can make small adjustments by leaning towards valuing presence over performance.

Circumstances in life can rarely be accurately categorized in stark black and white terms.

What is the most loving thing you can do for yourself and someone else today?

Never confuse kindness with weakness. It takes far more strength and patience to be kind then cruel.

If you lost all your titles and possessions, who would stick by you? Answer that question and you will know who genuinely loves you.

The world doesn’t need more ‘knowledge’ or lip service as much as it needs kindness and compassion.

There are no guarantees that dialing direct will give you accurate info, however the odds are far better then 2nd hand info.

If you want to know someone u care about, you can’t do it by reading a book. Or asking your therapist. U do it by interacting directly.

An instruction manual does not exist 4 your particular loved one. Every1 is unique. They r the only ones who can give u the directions.

What a lovely world it would be if we each said ‘Teach me how to love you and I will teach you how to love me.’

If we don’t need to feel superior, no one around us needs to be inferior. Co-creation is where it’s at 4 top notch collaboration.

What powers in #collaboration would be released if the focus on leading and following was removed?

Say what needs to be said directly to the person it needs to be said to.

If I say the #truth but don’t #love the person, what I say won’t help. If I only love without telling the truth, my love won’t help.

There is great #power to heal in our voice and words if they contain both #love and #truth.

Great acts of #love are rarely achieved without a bit of clumsiness along the way.

Many things have less to do with leadership/followership then ownership. It’s about taking the risk 2 go out on a limb 2 bridge the gap.

In order 2 evolve 2 a more collaborative mindset, we must be willing 2 see how we use power-plays 2 #control in our relating.

The competitive #mindset has very little time/energy to truly #love people because they are 2 busy protecting ego and turf.

In a culture where it is not ‘safe’ to be anything but #happy, people end up hiding their #suffering. Creating safety is key to #health.

 Your life experiences are not a waste. Your experience may be just what is needed to serve and meet a need in another today.

One of the ways to reconnect and realign internally is by having the courage to face and feel our TRUE #feelings.

It’s near impossible to be in integrity if we don’t even know how to face and feel the experience in our own bodies.

If we are terrified of certain (scary) feelings inside of ourselves, we are often terrified of those same feelings in others.

If we aren’t comfortable with our own feelings of pain, grief, sadness or even anger. We won’t be able to accept in others either.

The #1 trap of #leadership is set in the beginning w/ intention. The moment we presume someone else is #inferior to ourselves.

We can #learn to lead movements, business, causes, or country w/o the belief that others are inferior.

Cooperation, collaboration, and co-creation as a people in alignment for the greater good of all is a worthy goal over ‘dominating’.

We don’t lead or help anyone by pretending to know those we judge yet don’t engage w/ one on one. That’s where the REAL work is.

When #truth is central 2 anyone; whether a #leader or not, they aren’t worried about what they say. The same truth is spoken to all.

Telling the #truth is an act of #love. When we fully understand this, truth becomes a beautiful thing.

#Love and #truth walk hand in hand. Where there is little to no truth, there is little to no genuine love.

The sword of #truth is the only blade powerful enough to cut through #denial.

One of the tasks of a decent #education is to create and expand awareness.

Love and Truth walk hand in hand. You can’t have one without the other.

Just because someone wasn’t valued doesn’t mean they are worthless.

Every act of love and compassion is meaningful. No matter how great or small the act. Give the love you have to give.

We must be aware that while creating new laws may help, they have no power to remove the beliefs that create certain behaviors in 1st place.

The outcomes of #assumption are riddled with error, yet most of us choose it because it is easier then being direct and asking questions.

No matter how much we believe in and value people, it is difficult to trust #leaders who are afraid to #communicate. Or do so abusively.

When #leaders do not #value their people, they are rarely interested in what they have to say. The people are not oblivious to it.

I continue to endeavor to know what I believe and why I believe it.

Just like the wineskin analogy, when #transformation is a necessity, new ideas cannot be contained in old systems. They’ll burst.

Whatever you do today, do it and say it with #love. Love for yourself and love for others.

We can all raise conscious awareness by speaking our own #truth in the most loving way we know how.

Honesty is the foundation of #love in all healthy #relationships.

#Learning happens most effectively in context of genuine relationship. Then it’s clear, direct, and specific.

Where there’s genuine #friendship mixed w/ truth and love, less time is spent worrying about messing up – more time helping ea other up.

We all might be impressed with how clever and smart people are, yet we will always REMEMBER those with heart and showed they cared.

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