Quotes About Presence

Show up in every moment like you're meant to be there, because your energy precedes anything you could possibly say." Marie Forleo

Happiness, or at least peace, is the sense that nothing is missing in this moment.

Be the silence that listens." –Tara Brach

Cuanto más deprisa te mueves, más lento pasa el tiempo y más vives.

Los tres minutos siguientes: «Concentración total en la percepción de la presencia de Dios, por decirlo de alguna manera, o como quieras llamarlo tú.

Take time to stop and smell the roses, or—in this case—to count the pea pods.

Looking somebody in the eye . . . is often the antidote for what is ailing us.

siempre que te encuentres con alguien le digas en tu cabeza "te quiero

Be the silence that listens."–Tara Brach Teacher of meditation and emotional healing, author of Radical Acceptance

Time without attention is worthless, so value attention over time.

There is more to life than increasing its speed. —MOHANDAS GANDHI

Show up in every moment like you're meant to be there, because your energy precedes anything you could possibly say.

In a world of distraction, single-tasking is a superpower.

Listening is about being present, not just being quiet.

Prepara una taza de té (a mí me gusta el pu-erh) y siéntate

If we could lift the veil and if we watched with vigilant attention, God would endlessly reveal himself to us and we should see and rejoice in his active presence in all that befalls us. At every event we should exclaim: "It is the Lord!" —Jean Pierre de Caussade

Only when we learn experientially the truth that there is a "light that shines in the darkness" (John 1:5), and that to be "within" is above all to encounter the personal presence, the love and healing of our Savior, does this resistance begin to diminish.

He is near, with, and in you. This means there is hope for you, even in relationships that leave you confused and disappointed.

As we live with each other in the middle of the already and the not yet, we need more than elevated emotion and accurate understanding. We need eyes to see this one amazing reality: we are Christ's and he is ours. We need to see that it is spiritually impossible for us to ever be alone. His amazing resources of grace are constantly at our disposal.

When I see my identity in Christ, God's presence and provision, and what he is doing in the process, I am willing and able to do things I wouldn't do otherwise.

Our aim is that this book will help you look through the shattered glass of our sin to see the glory of a Redeemer who is ever-present, always at work to rescue and change us.

God's provision simply can't be reduced to answers and strategies because his provision is tied to his presence. God knows that our need is much bigger and deeper than what we think will satisfy it. So he not only gives us practical advice, he gives us himself.

Where does God live if not in the shadows of struggle, marching next to the living, with battlements and a slogan, knowing faintly more than we do?

Inhale, and God approaches you. Hold the inhalation, and God remains with you. Exhale, and you approach God. Hold the exhalation, and surrender to God.