Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Quotes

I think it's worth trying to be a mother who delights in who her children are, in their knock-knock jokes and earnest questions. A mother who spends less time obsessing about what will happen, or what has happened, and more time reveling in what is.

The capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention.

We have to get back to the beauty of just being alive in this present moment.

I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.

If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the old woman did her lost spectacles, safe on her own nose all the time.

If you are paying attention, then the day is going to be pretty joyful, and a lot of delight will fill it.

Enjoy every moment.

Existence itself does not feel horrible; it feels like an ecstasy, rather, which we have only to be still to experience.

The best part is that I'm still here and, because the end is in sight, I treasure it all more.

Happiness is rarely absent; it is we that know not of its presence.

Each moment in time we have it all, even when we think we don't.

What I have learned over the years is to try to stay in the moment. I want to feel it all because I've realized nothing lasts.

With a warm drink, in a rocking chair and family and friends around, I am working on finding peace and joy in the moments we have been given. It doesn't have to all make sense. I don't have all the answers.

The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.

But you get past that and realize you have to let go of what you think you want. There'll be plenty of time for that later. Right now, go and be with that baby. Just play with this beautiful little boy.

At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough.

I love being. There's so much wisdom in it. You wake up in the morning and you think, Hey, isn't it great just being?

I want to stay in the moment and enjoy the great things that are happening.

Give yourself a gift of five minutes of contemplation in awe of everything you see around you. Go outside and turn your attention to the many miracles around you. This five-minute-a-day regimen of appreciation and gratitude will help you to focus your life in awe.

I think it's really important to live in the moment.

Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay. Right now, today, we are still alive, and our bodies are working marvelously. Our eyes can still see the beautiful sky. Our ears can still hear the voices of our loved ones.

After my daughter was born, I made a promise to myself to live in the moment.

To know that every moment - regardless of how it comes wrapped - is a gift greater than you can give yourself, is to be well on your way to a life without fear.

My daughter and I have this thing we call a PMA: 'perfect moment alert.' I try to really notice when we're having a PMA.

When you enjoy the moment you're in, it shows in your actions, it shows in your words, in your expressions and in your eyes.