“Breathing with awareness, peace comes naturally…Just by practicing awareness of your breathing, the person you are having difficulty with may not notice that there is a change taking place in you. Although you have not yet reopened communication or started the process of making peace with the other person, your peaceful energy has already had an effect on them.”
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
In this passage, Thich Nhat Hanh is specifically talking about those situations where we feel conflict, but the same can be true of any interaction we have with other humans.
When you approach challenging situations or interactions with your own peaceful energy and your own knowledge that you and the other human are not so very different, you get to feel connected.
Hopefully the other person gets to feel those positive vibes and feels more connected too. But on a personal level, the work has been done. You have acknowledged the other’s humanity. You create feelings of connection and love through your heart chakra which benefit yourself, your environment and others. Plus, you balance and nourish your own wellbeing.