The Power of Now
The importance of presence
The Power of Now
Waiting is a state of mind. Basically, it means that you want the future; you don’t want the present.
Eckhart Tolle • The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
So next time somebody says, “Sorry to have kept you waiting,” you can reply, “That’s all right, I wasn’t waiting. I was just standing here enjoying myself — in joy in my self.”
Eckhart Tolle • Practicing the Power of Now
Patience is developed much like awareness. Through an acceptance of what is. Impatience is an argument with reality. The desire for something to be different from what we are experiencing in the here and now.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Creativity + Shopaholic
Gradually the waiting began to feel less like waiting and more like this was simply what life was: the distracting tasks undertaken while the thing you are waiting for continues not to happen.
Sally Rooney • Conversations with Friends: A Novel
Lack of patience derails more ambitions than a lack of ability — talent gets you noticed; patience gets you through the third draft, the tenth rejection, the year no one claps. In an age drunk on speed, same-day shipping, instant fame, viral everything, we forget that most masterpieces were once mistaken for messes. Genius isn’t a spark; it’s... See more