being present
on being in the moment
Stuart Evans and
being present
Get a life. A real life, not a manic pursuit of the next promotion, the bigger paycheck, the larger house. Do you think you'd care so very much about those things if you blew an aneurysm one afternoon, or found a lump in your breast? Get a life in which you notice the smell of salt water pushing itself on a breeze over Seaside Heights, a life in
... See moreAnna Quindlen • Anna Quindlen's Commencement Address at Villanova
Our brains were made for nexting
“When researchers count the items that float along in the average person’s stream of consciousness, they find that about 12 percent of our daily thoughts are about the future.”
In other words, the average person spends 1 out of every 8 hours thinking about the next thing.
Less fomo, more jomo
The more present we are, the more we relax into ourselves, the stronger a magnet we become for what aligns with us. That’s the paradox of the self: it is most potent when we are least focused on it.
Isabel Hazan • distillation
Here’s the deal. The human soul doesn’t want to be advised or fixed or saved. It simply wants to be witnessed — to be seen, heard and companioned exactly as it is. When we make that kind of deep bow to the soul of a suffering person, our respect reinforces the soul’s healing resources, the only resources that can help the sufferer make it through.... See more
I am also slowly learning that being present is not just about giving my full attention to whatever is happening right now. It is also about recognising that what I have is good, and then wanting what I have.
"The instructions for how to Do Nothing are very short - just two sentences: let whatever happens, happen. As soon as you're aware of an intention to control your attention, drop that intention."
Shinzen Young [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ6cdIaUZCA]
presence — aka realness
that thing where you’re no longer being a bit fake continuously
where u actually put ur face INTO the world
where the world is touching you back
🙃 ɐʇǝɯ-Lulie 💜x.comWhen we are fully in the moment, we feel, see, hear, internalize things differently—more purely, more clearly. We become a stronger sender and receiver of everything. We become a more concentrated version of ourselves, a stronger magnet pulling in what aligns with us.