Quotes About Presence

When the circumstances don't make sense, "God, do you still love me?" is the wrong question to ask. It's spiritual self-harm for the purpose of living an identity of pain. "God, how are you loving me right now? I'm having trouble seeing the evidence of your presence, where is it?" are the questions that help us

May I never miss a sunset or a rainbow because I am looking down.

I love watching amazing actors and actresses that you can't take your eyes off of because everything they are doing - even if it is just twiddling their thumbs or scratching their eye - it's just interesting.

He could offer only withness, but nothing else was asked.

and missed the seeing Charlie participate

Don't talk. Shut up and feel.

It was as if she was a dream, like London, which he could not entirely grasp and of which he was not worthy. He wanted to be part of it but had forgotten how. It seemed extraordinary and strange that this paragon among women had condescended to travel on his ship. In fact, she'd insisted upon it. Her presence was at once otherworldly and familiar, none of which explained why his brain ceased to function when he was in her company.

I lived too much in my head instead of the real world.

writes Madeleine L'Engle, "in kairos we are completely un-self-conscious and yet paradoxically far more real than we can ever be when we are constantly checking our watches for chronological time."10

from a Wesleyan perspective, we can easily see how the imagination is one of the ways the Holy Spirit works preveniently in our lives—before we're even aware of God's presence.

You must have this charm to reach the pinnacle. It is made of everything and of nothing, the striving will, the look, the walk, the proportions of the body, the sound of the voice, the ease of the gestures. It is not at all necessary to be handsome or to be pretty; all that is needful is charm.

Important moments like this are time to reflect. To remind us, sometimes, that it's not only important what you wear, but it's also important to be aware.

Acting is the only time when I truly maintain the spontaneity that I want to be present at all times.

Meditation is a mental discipline that enables us to do one thing at a time.

When we're identified with Awareness, we're no longer living in a world of polarities. Everything is present at the same time.

There is By my leaning over the precipice Of your presence and your absence in hopeless fusion My finding the secret Of loving you Always for the first time

You can't have your daughter as long as you have a concept of her. When you get rid of the concept, you meet your daughter for the first time. That's the way this works.

Well, sir, if things are real, they're there all the time." "Are they?" said the Professor; and Peter did not quite know what to say.

Through the most simple things which we do all the time, we can feel out to which degree we honor everything with our inner attention.

Try to do your best to look people in the eye and talk to them without a gadget being in between you all the time.

Take less time to read the scorecard and more time to read the hole.

Being charming takes time and effort, and I am busy.

Some people spend so much time hunting treasure that they fail to see it all around them. It's like sifting through gold to find the silt.

Because God is with you all the time, no place is any closer to God than the place where you are right now.