Quotes About Presence

To give somebody your time is the biggest gift you can give.

You think the dead we loved ever truly leave us?

If your business requires your presence you don't have a business, you have a job.

Judgment is not my business. Existing is my business.

Astonishing material and revelation appear in our lives all the time. Let it be. Unto us, so much is given. We just have to be open for business.

Zen has no business with ideas.

It's about "Moments, " not Milestones.

It's hard to hold a conversation with people when you're not seeing them.

In addition to unfinished business, some ghosts haunt so that they will be remembered.

Don't just be everywhere, be everywhere that your clients are, where you matter most.

A car to pick me up every day, a chair with my name on it, everybody being very polite... what can you do except sit back and watch it all, try to take it all in?

When you get into your car, after you close the door, pause for a few seconds and observe the flow of your breath. Become aware of a silent but powerful sense of presence.

If you knew that you only had one day to live, what would you think about-your car or favorite pair of shoes or would it be the more everyday joys that occupy your mind?

I enjoy going to Starbucks, having a cup of coffee, sitting in my car, driving from here to there, sitting at home looking at the trees, going for a walk with a dog. It's all very enjoyable.

He who has gotten rid of the disease of "tomorrow" has a chance of achieving what he is here for.

Look, I want to love this world as though it's the last chance I'm ever going to get to be alive and know it.

Dying without actually fully living, without waking up to our lives while we have the chance, is an ongoing and significant risk.

It's hard to remember that this day will never come again. That the time is now and the place is here and that there are no second chances at a single moment.

We could say that the word mindfulness is pointing to being one with our experience, not dissociating, being right there when our hand touches the doorknob or the telephone rings or feelings of all kinds arise. The

Sitting meditation gives us a way to move closer to our thoughts and emotions and to get in touch with our bodies.

My experience is that by practicing without shoulds, we gradually discover our wakefulness and our confidence. Gradually, without any agenda except to be honest and kind, we assume responsibility for being here in this unpredictable world, in this unique moment, in this precious human body.

we cannot be in the present and run our story lines at the same time!

When we become aware that we are thinking, we say to ourselves, "thinking," with an unbiased attitude and with tremendous gentleness. Then we return our focus to the breath. We regard the thoughts as bubbles and the labeling like touching them with a feather. There's just this light touch—"thinking"—and they dissolve back into the space.

Be fully present. Feel your heart. And engage the next moment without an agenda.