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"Idleness is only a coarse name for my infinite capacity for living in the present."
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"Whatever the depth of our darkness, God navigated it eons before it was dark. And whatever the duration of our nights, God was there long before it ever turned to night. Therefore, despite our frequent feelings to the contrary, there is no place we might be where God was not lovingly waiting for us an eternity before we got there."
"Since we cling to our hope in the future, we do not focus our energies and capabilities on the present moment."
"If you want to avoid emotional mediocrity, be on time for every present moment."
"How ironic it is then, to realize how many of we humans are masochists! That even when we are placed in paradise, the majority of us would, by choice, focus on everything outside the present moment and make ourselves suffer by thinking about Dis-Ease! Too many of us would dwell on a past that no longer exists while everything in the present moment is wonderful. What great paradoxes we as humans are capable of!"
"For the moment, everything had disappeared: the church, the battle, the screams and shouts and the rumble of limber wheels along the rutted road through Freehold. There wasn't anything but her and him, and he opened his eyes to look on her face, to fix it in his mind forever."
"Wherever you are, for sure, you are everywhere."
"11 Ways to Be More Engaged - 1. Care about others. 2. Be 100 percent in the moment. 3. Keep focus on the person you are serving. 4. Try to get involved, engaged, and interactive. 5. Show interest in what matters to other people by listening, acknowledging, and responding. 6. Arrive in the moment anticipating creating a valuable interaction for yourself and others. 7. Move towards the things that inspire you and provide a sense of joy and connection. 8. Reconnect with the essence of yourself and be grounded in that essential relationship. 9. Maintain eye contact and deliver the non-verbal cues that you are fully with the other person. 10. Limit distractions- close the door, silence your phone, hold calls, put tasks aside, etc. 11. Show up to the moment being your best and giving your best."
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"As repressed sadists are supposed to become policemen or butchers so those with an irrational fear of life become publishers."
"The civilized are those who get more out of life than the uncivilized, and for this we are not likely to be forgiven."
"It is a mistake to expect good work from expatriates for it is not what they do that matters but what they are not doing."
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