Quotes About Attention

Here is one of the principles of women waking: If you don't respond to the first gentle nudges, they will increase in intensity. Next you will wake up on the roof. And if you do not respond to that, there will likely be a crash.

Still, I couldn't let the matter go entirely—T. Ray thinking I was so desperate I would invent an invasion of bees to get attention. Which is how I got the bright idea of catching a jar of these bees, presenting them to T. Ray, and saying, "Now who's making things up?

I couldn't help but envy the way a good storm got everyone's attention.

I couldn't help but envy the way a good storm got everyone's attention.

Ana, I don't doubt you should give yourself to motherhood. I only question what it is you're meant to mother. For two days and nights I pondered her words, so vast and inscrutable. For a woman to birth something other than children and then mother it with the same sense of purpose, attention, and care came as an astonishment, even to me.

I will think only of him. I will give him more than my presence; I will give him the full attention of my heart. That would be my parting gift to him. I would go with him to the end of his longings.

We become what we pay attention to

I will think only of him. I will give him more than my presence; I will give him the full attention of my heart.

see the sun and moon is no sign of sharp sight; to hear the noise of thunder is no sign of a quick ear.

When ears don't hear, use gongs and drums. When eyes don't see, use flags and banners.

To see the sun and moon is no sign of sharp sight; to hear the noise of thunder is no sign of a quick ear.

Mindful eating is about awareness. When you eat mindfully, you slow down, pay attention to the food you're eating, and savor every bite.

Don't be careless," Mr. Dawkes said, which was what he always said when he'd hand back a test and I'd made a lot of careless mistakes. Which was really pretty funny, since he died when he ran through a red light on Washington Avenue. I

All meditations on death should be avoided, according to Reynolds Price: "Never give death a serious hearing till its ripeness forces your final attention and dignified nod.

A good reader pays attention to everything. The surface of the prose. The structure of the book. The tense. The point of view. Perhaps to those even before the characters. Then comes the setting. The story can often come last.

Nobody suggested that it was my moral duty to visit my husband. Nobody talked about my moral responsibilities as a wife. But Val kept in touch with the doctors at the hospital, Nicholas kept in touch with the senior chaplain there, and now Lewis was talking of keeping in touch with Kim himself. The more I tried to escape from the reality of my shattered marriage, the more my new companions seemed to be quietly drawing my attention back to the husband I was unable to confront.

I hate the way kids want all the attention. It's like I'm not even there when there's a baby in the room.

Once the client is seated, if she starts talking, let her. And pay very close attention. Often, the first things the client tells you are the most significant. If

two LOOKING, LISTENING, AND FEELING: THE MENTAL STATUS EXAM

Whatever else you may need to get clarity, you must start with open eyes.

The notion of sharing attention and time is the most difficult for young children… involve your child as much as possible and activities that do not center around him. When a classmate is absent from school for an extended period of time, have your only child call to find out how he is feeling and send a get well card. Have your child offer to bring his assignments home to him or to call him each day after school to keep the homebound student up to date.

Love words, agonize over sentences. And pay attention to the world.

For boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than inside a situation, and one leads to the other.

It was not a question of knowledge...but of alertness, a fastidious transcription of what could be thought about something, once it swam into the stream of attention.