Elizabeth George Quotes

Long for what is real. You will then have no time for worrying over what may never happen.

Live in the moment and be present in all that you do. Don't worry yourself with what happened yesterday or what's going to happen tomorrow. Stay focused with what's in front of you.

Take each day as it comes and focus on the present moment.

If you can accept the flow of life and give in to it, you will be accepting what is real. Only when you accept what is real can you live with it in peace and happiness. The alternative is a struggle that will never end because it is a struggle with the unreal, with a mirage of life instead of life itself.

The purpose of meditation is to create focus. It is about focusing your attention on your experience. The reason for focus: it allows you to be here now. Your only reality is This Moment, right here, right now. Peace is found in such awareness.

Why worry about things you can't control when you can keep yourself busy controlling the things that depend on you?

Don't worry about what might be...Worry about what is.

Ain't no point worrying about what's been or what's gonna be. You just gotta do your best right now. And trust everyone else is doing the same.

The best gift we can have is living in the present moment and really enjoying it for what it is; and, not being in our heads and getting sidetracked.

Narrow your life down to this moment. Your life situation may be full of problems - most life situations are - but find out if you have a problem at this moment. Do you have a problem now?

Confine yourself to the present.

I learned long ago to focus on things you can control and don't even pay attention to things you don't.

I'm finally locked into the now, and it's great.

While you are meditating, if your mind wanders, gently bring it back to the present moment.

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

You can't live for a moment that may not happen. You need to live in the moment.

Through meditation and by giving full attention to one thing at a time, we can learn to direct attention where we choose.

Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.

I've just learned to enjoy every moment for what it is and take it all in.

Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.

There's something to be said about living in the present moment. In cooking, you're allowing your mind to just focus on the task at hand, and you're able to escape and put your mind at rest. That's why it becomes meditative.

If you're not careful to think and speak words of faith, worry will creep in, and it will not only steal your peace and joy, it will steal your 'today.' The present is the greatest gift God ever gives us. So hold on to the peace that's yours in Christ. Don't let it go.

The single guiding principle that I try to follow, assuming blindly that the rest will fall into place, is to operate squarely in the present. I think it's one of the most difficult things for anyone to do.

Staying in the moment is not worrying about the outcome but just focusing on the process on the next shot.

I try not to worry too much about anything any more, and enjoy every day as it comes.