Kent Nerburn Quotes

Don't let your life just go in one eye and out the other.

Where ever you are, be there totally.

Put down the weight of your aloneness and ease into the conversation. Pay attention to everything in the world as if it's alive. Realize everything has its own discrete existence outside your story. By doing this, you open to gifts and lessons that the world has to give you.

Hackman is able to live in the moment which means there is nothing for him at that split second than what is occurring in the scene.

Talk when you talk, walk when you walk, and die when you die.

Presence is more than just being there.

Instead of fretting about getting everything done, why not simply accept that being alive means having things to do? Then drop into full engagement with whatever you're doing, and let the worry go.

I try to take each moment at a time.

I just want to enjoy every moment and try to be present in the moment of whatever I'm doing at that time.

You have to live in the present, I think.

I try to stay in the moment.

Whatever you do, whatever you're working with, whether it's manual work or talking to people or buying or selling, every little thing encompasses the power and simplicity of presence.

Attention is the key to transformation- and full attention also implies acceptance.

If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything. When a child presents himself to you with his smile, if you are not really there - thinking about the future or the past, or preoccupied with other problems - then the child is not really there for you. The technique of being alive is to go back to yourself in order for the child to appear like a marvellous reality. Then you can see him smile and you can embrace him in your arms.

All that either of us has is right now and we should pay attention to that.

If you have your full attention in the moment, you will see only love.

I'm not trying to find answers anymore. I'm trying to live what I know.

Well... ...That's what you always forget, isn't it? I mean, you forget to pay attention to what's happening. And that's the same as not being here and now.

I believe in being fully present. That means you should be with the person you’re with.

Wherever you are, be there. Lifestyle is not something we do; it is something we experience. And until we learn to be there, we will never master the art of living well.

Life simply is. It follows its course. Give yourself to the moment. Let life reveal itself to you.

Being thankful helps you to be present.People commit errors because they are not present.I would encourage women and men to be present - you'll avoid falling into certain pits.For instance, if you know that a person has just lost his wife or her husband or lover, it's unlikely that you will say something that will hurt that person's feelings if you're truly paying attention. You'll make a sweeter life for yourself and for those around you if you are present.

Each moment of life is only as precious as is our ability to attend to it.

In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than paying attention.

What I have learned over the years is to try to stay in the moment.