Quotes About Attentiveness

I was all ears. "In that moment, when

I've learned to listen in all aspects of life, in all relationships and communications. The biggest lesson is to listen.

Fortunately for mankind the brain in a life of action turns more to the matter in hand than to conjuring up the chances of the future.

Both teachers and learners go to sleep at their post as soon as there is no enemy in the field.

The girl was kind in a special way; when you spoke to her, she seemed to stop thinking of whatever she been thinking and listened to you altogether.

You have to take responsibility for listening.

If someone walks by or speaks to you, you may find that your power of attentiveness extends to this person as well. Even if you do not know him, you may be able to see his soul too, the one he thinks he has so carefully covered up. There is something he is working on in his life, the same way you are working on something. Can you see it in his face? You are related, even if you do not know each other's names.

After that I behaved myself very good. I sat up real straight. And I did all my work. Work is when you use your brain and a pencil.

I sat down at the table without any very high hopes, for both Julian and Winifred, as is often the way with good, unworldly people, hardly noticed what they ate or drank, so that a meal with them was a doubtful pleasure.

Centering Prayer is an opening, a response, a putting aside of all the debris that stands in the way of our being totally present to the present Lord, so that He can be present to us. It is a laying aside of thoughts, so that the heart can attend immediately to Him. All prayer is a response. The Lord first knocks, beckons, calls to us.

I was, like, this tiny little kid that was goofy and would always crack jokes or sit in the back of class and not listen to anything that the teacher was saying.

I'll always have to make sure things happen eventually and don't slip from my hands, from under my nose. I'll always have to be on my toes.

You always need to be on your toes.

For me, it's always been to be on your toes about everything no matter what you do - my mom and dad always stressed that to me.

It is equally important to listen as it is to speak.

Keep your "antennae" out to pick up even the faintest glimmer of My Presence.

Though Your continual Presence is guaranteed, simply knowing this truth doesn't automatically change my emotions. When I forget to focus on You, I'm vulnerable to fear, anxiety, loneliness, and other unwanted feelings. Yet I've found that awareness of Your Presence with me can dispel those painful feelings and replace them with Your Peace. Please train me in the discipline of walking attentively with You through each day. In Your calming Name, Amen

Keep your eyes and ears fully open as you journey with Me.

You have to face serious people seriously. That's my policy. -Shohei to Yuichi

Just let awareness have its way with you completely.

it's the little things that smoothes people's roads the most

But sometimes when you're too careful it just turns into a different kind of carelessness.

On feeling guilty about lack of 'productivity': In a time of infirmity, the illness IS one's work. Taking care of all the disciplines that our health problems require IS the other part of the small daily fidelity to which we are called, beside the faithfulness of being attentive to God. We can be well simply by our diligence in being who we are at the moment. --Marva Dawn, Being Well When We're Ill pg 137

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