Quotes About Attention

But refusing to think about a thing only brings it more strongly to mind.

The care he always took with his own appearance and behavior. "Just because you cannot see a woman does not mean she does not see you." Oh, Burrich. The extra time he still took, grooming a horse that she seldom rode anymore.

IF YOU DON'T STOP KICKING THAT DESK THERE IS GOING TO BE A HOLE IN THE WINDOW PANE EXACTLY YOUR SIZE AND SHAPE IN THE NEXT THREE SECONDS!

If men are now afraid in daily circumstances, why then the situation must be taken seriously, attention must be paid. This also is patriarchal democracy.

Collin admired this man a minute more, unable to remove his eyes from the reflection, barely even remembering to breathe. He never noticed the slender, short brunette standing behind his shoulder, also taking in his reflection, until she whistled in appreciation.

No matter how much spin, effort, lunch or dinner you give the media, they will not fail to notice whether you have won or lost.

The listeners reciprocate the gift of the speaker's words with their attention

I suppose that's the way we humans are, thinking too much and listening too little. Paying attention acknowledges that we have something to learn from intelligences other than our own. Listening, standing witness, creates an openness to the world in which the boundaries between us can dissolve in a raindrop. The drop swells on the tip of a cedar and I catch it on my tongue like a blessing.

Paying attention acknowledges that we have something to learn from intelligences other than our own. Listening, standing witness, creates an openness to the world in which the boundaries between us can dissolve in a raindrop.

Ceremony focuses attention so that attention becomes intention. If you stand together and profess a thing before your community, it holds you accountable.

Ceremony focuses attention so that attention becomes intention.

Ceremonies large and small have the power to focus attention to a way of living awake in the world. The visible became invisible, merging with the soil.

Ceremony focuses attention so that attention becomes intention. If you stand together and profess a thing before your community, it holds you accountable. Ceremonies transcend the boundaries of the individual and resonate beyond the human realm. These acts of reverence are powerfully pragmatic. These are ceremonies that magnify life.

Ceremonies large and small have the power to focus attention to a way of living awake in the world. The visible became invisible, merging with the soil. It may have been a secondhand ceremony, but even through my confusion I recognized that the earth drank it up as if it were right. The land knows you, even when you are lost.

Ceremonies large and small have the power to focus attention to a way of living awake in the world. That is the power of ceremony…it marries the mundane to the sacred. The water turns to wine. The coffee to a prayer. The material and the spiritual mingle; transformed like steam rising from a mug into the morning mist.

Paying attention, being prepared and patient, and doing it right the first time: the skill and the values were so closely entwined that fire making became for us an emblem of a certain kind of virtue.

I suppose that's the way we humans are, thinking too much and listening too little. Paying attention acknowledges that we have something to learn from intelligences other than our own. Listening, standing witness, creates an openness to the world in which the boundaries between us can dissolve in a raindrop.

Our gift was time and attention and care and red-stained fingers. Heart berries, indeed.

The two-by-four by the door sometimes ya need it to get their attention - Grannie Gin

No one's paying any attention to sociopaths, or they think we're all killers, which is a misconception.

me. Jesus, it's all over the news, right?" Bennie

toenails clicking

She craned her neck to see if Anna was

They say nothing to me in a very loud way.