Quotes About Awareness

Watcha doin? If you're like me, you're doin nothin, but you're doin it so well that everybody thinks you're doin somethin.

Je reste des heures entières debout au même endroit, presque sans bouger (j'ai même vu le vent s'arrêter dans ma main)

We were all silent except for blink, blink, blink, blink, blink.

I sat down and looked the bus over to see who was there, and it took me about a minute to realize that there was something very wrong with that bus, and it took the other people about the same period to realize that there was something very wrong with the bus, and the thing that was wrong was me.

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When other people were talking, she stared directly at them with very narrow understanding eyes that listened to them as if they were the only sound left in the world, as if everything else that made sound had disappeared entirely from the human ear and their voice was all there was left.

Many people live as if life were a dress rehearsal for some later date.

we need to break the habit of overreacting because of our speedy assumption and judgments

To a large degree, the measure of our peace of mind is determined by how much we are able to live in the present moment. Irrespective of what happened yesterday or last year, and what may or may not happen tomorrow, the present moment is where you are—always!

slowing down your responses and becoming a better listeners aids you in becoming a more peaceful person

Now is the only time we have, and the only time we have any control over.

The fact that we can't see the beauty in something doesn't suggest that it's not there. Rather, it suggests that we are not looking carefully enough or with a broad enough perspective to see it.

Irrespective of what happened yesterday or last year, and what may or may not happen tomorrow, the present moment is where you are—always!

its helpful to step back and see the bigger picture

Trust your intuitive heart. How often have you said to yourself, after the fact, "I knew I should have done that"? How often do you intuitively know something but allow yourself to think yourself out of it?

we tend to focus on the annoying expectation

Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over.

When we're busy making "other plans," our children are busy growing up, the people we love are moving away and dying, our bodies are getting out of shape, and our dreams are slipping away. In short, we miss out on life.

So many people spend so much of their life energy 'sweating the small stuff' that they completely lose touch with the magic and beauty of life.

So perhaps the best thing to do is simply be aware of how much venting is okay and how much is too much.

Your thoughts always create your emotions. Understanding the significance of this fact is the first step in escaping from unhappiness and depression.

I find that if I remind myself (frequently) that the purpose of life isn't to get it all done

If you can begin to see that your thoughts are not the real thing – they're just thoughts, and as thoughts they can't hurt you – your entire life will begin to change today. I have witnessed many times this very same realization transform someone from a life of fear and depression into a life of happiness.

Pascal said, "All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.