Ann Voskamp Quotes

Attention-yes! That's present! And present, you see, makes past and future.

Right now a moment of time is passing by!... We must become that moment.

NOW is All There is & the Future is Just Another Present Moment to Live when it Arrives

The present moment is all you ever have. There is never a time when your life is not 'this moment.' Is this not a fact?

For it is only by forgetting that we ever really drop the thread of time and approach the experience of living in the present moment, so elusive in ordinary hours.

I spend so much time like living in the past or the future. I mean, I think most people do, really. And the moments when you're really present in your life can be pretty rare, really.

The first thing necessary for a constructive dealing with time is to learn to live in the reality of the present moment. For psychologically speaking, this present moment is all we have.

The way you come to fully appreciate the infusion of the Spirit is to more and more come fully into the moment, where this moment is enough.

Most humans are never fully present in the now, because unconsciously they believe that the next moment must be more important than this one. But then you miss your whole life, which is never not now.

I am a person who likes to be in the present.

Too often we spend our time in the past or the future. We need to learn to live now - mentally as well as physically and spiritually.

We can learn not to keep situations or events alive in our minds, but to return our attention continuously to the pristine, timeless present moment rather than be caught up in mental movie making.

The only time you'll ever have is now.

We all spend so much time worrying about the future that the present moment slips right out of our hands. And so all we have left is retrospection and anticipation, retrospection and anticipation. In which case what's left to recall but past anticipation? What's left to anticipate but future retrospection?

When you make the present moment, instead of past and future, the focal point of your life, your ability to enjoy what you do and with it the quality of your life increases dramatically.

The best way to capture moments is to pay attention. This is how we cultivate mindfulness. Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.

To live in the moment is truly an art and is truly a talent, because when you live in the moment then you are truly the master of your whole life and you'll have the best times.

The experience taught me to be present in the real Buddhist sense of paying attention to the moment.

The quality of your moments produces the quality of your life. So, as thoughts come and go and the waves of mind rush on, Carpe punctum-Seize this moment. It deserves your full attention, for it will not pass your way again.

I don't want to lean back into the past, or forward into the future. I don't want to wish the present moment away.

I believe in living in the present and making each day count. I don't pay much attention to the past or the future.

We try to live every moment like that, dwelling peacefully in the present moment, and respond to events with compassion.

Welcome to the present moment. Here. Now. The only moment there ever is.

Bringing people into the here-and-now. The real universe. That's the present moment. The past is no good to us. The future is full of anxiety. Only the present is real--the here-and-now. Seize the day.