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Quotes About Presence

Whenever Mark takes over the explaining, Brockhoff drops back and takes out her phone. She does not seem rude, just grindingly busy and determined to stay on top of her day. I see her come and go in my peripheral vision, pacing, answering email. She gives the impression of someone for whom idleness is almost physically unbearable. She is gorgeous, articulate, fast-moving, powerful. Lesser humans left blinking in her wake. Brockhoff
~ Mary Roach
My companion had recently lunched with Diana at Kensington Palace. She said being with Diana was like "being brushed by angels' wings." I loved that phrase and will remember it always. I knew exactly what she meant. Diana's presence had a graceful, gentle, magical quality.
~ Mary Robertson
And in their presence I was what every child needs to be for however long it takes to put down the roots of a strong spirit: the object of love unlimited.
~ Mary Rose O'Reilley
It is well. I go; but remember, I shall be with you on your wedding-night.
~ Mary Shelley
the god does not speak to those who have no time to listen.
~ Mary Stewart
Something was moving; there was a kind of breathing brightness in the air, the wind of God brushing by, invisible in sunlight.
~ Mary Stewart
Just to live here and now—this is the true basis of human life.
~ Masanobu Fukuoka
So if someone is thinking about me, then that's the place I go ?
~ Masashi Kishimoto
It doesn't matter what you say; more importantly, it's about your energy and ability to match (or have a slightly higher energy level) than the person you have chosen to interact with. You
~ Matt Morris
If it's a woman and you're attracted to her, be in the present moment and be curious about what she's doing or what she's drinking. Keep the conversation polite, because women are wary of strangers talking to them. Keep it nice and friendly. Women don't want to be pulled into a conversation they don't want to have. If
~ Matt Morris
Your tone of voice, body language, and the energy that you bring are the most important parts when starting a conversation. Each
~ Matt Morris
I am grateful for things from the beauty of being able to feel oxygen entering my mouth, flowing through my throat, and spreading through my lungs. I am grateful for my ability to feel emotions. I'm grateful for my ability to connect with other humans by exchanging words and feeling what the other person is really saying in the present moment.
~ Matt Morris
Keep your hands at your sides (not in your pockets) ?       Make direct eye contact
~ Matt Morris
you have a drink, hold it at your waist (not your chest) ?       Stand up straight, keep your shoulders and
~ Matt Morris
sitting, lean forward because it will show that you're listening
~ Matt Morris
If you attend a meeting of evolutionary biologists somewhere in America, you might be lucky and spot a tall, gray-whiskered, smiling man bearing a striking resemblance to Abraham Lincoln, standing rather diffidently at the back of the crowd. He will probably be surrounded by a knot of admirers, hanging on his every word—for he is a man of few words. A whisper will go around the room: "George is here." You will sense from people's reactions the presence of greatness.
~ Matt Ridley
goodness surrounds us in the manifestation of all of nature but it also flows through us on a regular basis; it is Spirit at work in and through us.
~ Matthew Fox
cruise the ones in the flesh, not the ghosts on the internet
~ Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
10/30/38 Where do you look for someone who's never really there? Always on a staircase but never on a stair
~ Maureen Johnson
I try to shake it loose-but these ideas, they cling. It's like I'm shackled to them with an iron chain. They rattle along behind me, dragging against the ground, always reminding me of their presence.
~ Maureen Johnson
I still have a whopping bad case of what you call scag magnetism. I thought i had gotten rid of it there, but it looks like scary guys still materialize from thin air in my presence. They are drawn to me. I am the North Pole, and they are the explorers of love.
~ Maureen Johnson
Where do you look for someone who's never really there? Always on a staircase but never on a stair.
~ Maureen Johnson
My entrance brought a little light to his eyes.
~ Maureen Johnson
David had a way of walking - a way that suggested that he belonged anywhere he went. In this, he had his father's manner, which was gross and horrific. But there was something else, something of the rake in a casino movie, who has come in to knock the place over, or an entertainer who might at any point somersault into the center of the room. Or maybe he was just walking in and her brain chemistry was telling her stories.
~ Maureen Johnson