Quotes About Presence

In every discipline, the ability to be clearheaded, present, cool under fire is much of what separates the best from the mediocre.

Not only do we have to be good at waiting, we have to love it. Because waiting is not waiting, it is life. Too many of us live without fully engaging our minds, waiting for that moment when our real lives begin.

Not only we have to be good at waiting, we have to love it. Because waiting is not waiting, it is life.

When we are present to what is, we are right up front with the expansion of time, but when we make a mistake and get frozen in what was, a layer of detachment builds.

The secret is that everything is always on the line. The more present we are at practice, the more present we will be in competition, in the boardroom, at the exam, the operating table, the big stage. If we have any hope of attaining excellence, let alone of showing what we've got under pressure, we have to be prepared by a lifestyle of reinforcement. Presence must be like breathing.

Everyone at a high level has a huge amount of chess understanding, and much of what separates the great from the very good is deep presence, relaxation of the conscious mind, which allows the unconscious to flow unhindered.

I found myself calculating less and feeling more

I wanted to show up. I wanted you to know, I will show up.

You walk like you own everything you see.

Love is bobbing with the unconcerned weave of the current and particularly I feel this way when I am around you. Sometimes, in the night, the earth will change for a man the earth will open up for him and his belonging. When I am out in the world and the air does its little displacement with my body, I think of you moving with the horizon in and out of view. — Joshua Beckman, from "Block Island," Something I Expected to be Different (Verse Press, 2001)

Our lives are the sum of our memories. How much are we willing to lose from our already short lives by … not paying attention?

The greatest gift you can give someone is your time. Spend it wisely and generously.

God's in the room with you,' and he says, 'I know God's here but I want somebody with skin on.'" The woman started to laugh.

To be anywhere other than the now is to paint eyeballs on chaos.

People go, you know. It's only you that remains. That's the way it will be. That's certain at least. It takes years to learn to be still.

I believe that God is (and must be) a transcendent presence in any worthy work of art.

the idea of having for one's partner a person whose presence in the room transformed it for you—someone who felt that way about you—seemed the only thing worth pursuing. If you couldn't have that, you'd do better on your own. Before

He himself did not eat. I had been hungry, but sitting there now, at the table with the two of them, it felt as crude to chew or swallow as it would have to munch on popcorn at a baby's christening, or lick an ice-cream cone while your friend told you his dog died. I shouldn't be here was how I felt.

I've been saying for a couple of years now that people need to let God out of the Sunday morning box, that He doesn't want to just be with you for an hour or two on Sunday morning and then put back in His box to sit there until you have an emergency, but He wants to invade your Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Life moves so fast that I can easily forget they have happened to me unless I take time to record them.

Keep a Strong Network of Prayer Guardian of my soul, guide me on my way today. Keep me safe from harm. Deepen my relationship with you, your Earth, and all your family. Strengthen your love within me that I may be a presence of your peace in our world. Amen

Thich Nhat Hanh said: "I am not running anymore; I have run all my life; now I am determined to stop and really live my life.

And Kevin looked up straight toward the light, and smiled as if he knew I was there.

El noventa por ciento del trabajo es estar junto a quien tienes que estar. El otro diez por ciento, se improvisa sobre la marcha.