“If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.”— Amit Ray, amazon.com
“The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.”— Thich Nhat Hanh, amazon.com
“Go out and do something. It isn’t your room that’s a prison, it’s yourself.”— Sylvia Plath, amazon.comTagged: Motivational
“Body awareness not only anchors you in the present moment. It is a doorway out of the prison that is the ego.”— Eckhart Tolle, amazon.com
“Emotions are slowly killing us because we keep channeling them into things that don't exist – the future, the past. We don't tap into the astounding power of the present moment. We're too caught up in constructing what "should" happen or trying to understand what already did. And intellectually, eve…”— Brianna Wiest, thoughtcatalog.com
“Our work and educational institutions reinforce this preference for later over now throughout our lives. In school we focus on the ends — passing the semester, making the grade, or otherwise getting it all behind us — rather than the present-moment experience of actually learning. As employees, we w…”— David Cain, amazon.com
“The value is in the room. Each moment is pure potential. You either let your mind keep re-creating what it's known, or you start playing with the light.”— Brianna Wiest, thoughtcatalog.com
“How simple it is to acknowledge that all the worry in the world could not control the future. How simple it is to see that we can only be happy now, and that there will never be a time when it is not now.”— Jonathan Harnisch, amazon.com
“The whole present moment was a celebration; it always had been; all I needed was fresh eyes to see it.”— Narissa Doumani, amazon.com
“Did you not enjoy the fragrant flowers on the trails edge, The cool, crisp drink from the glistening pools at sunset, The song birds that filled the time as you experienced all that I Am, and all that I Am not? Did the dewy raindrops glisten on the gardens giving you a different memory of familiar l…”— Bella Vespira, goodreads.com
“What is important is to understand the true boundaries of reality, not the probable boundaries of possible future events. Although boundary conditions operate on the future, they are probabilistic constraints, not absolutely determined fact. We assume that ten minutes hence, the room we are in will…”— Terence McKenna, amazon.com
“The spiritual freedom we seek cannot be found by grasping at, retreating to, or protecting our perceived safe spaces. Our freedom lies in remaining open continuously, not only to Life’s changes but also to the Divine Light within us and others. This is our choice. Although often perceived as a weakn…”— Peter Santos, amazon.com
“It occurred to me to look up and around at the stars in the clear sky, at the trees in the dark, at the half moon. I was missing them because I was caught in my head. I wasn't living right now. I was thinking to the future, to the past. I wasn't present. This is one of my greatest weaknesses, and on…”— Jennifer DeLucy, amazon.com
“You don’t have to wait until you get to the top of a mountain, to enjoy the view.”— Eleanor Brownn, amazon.com