“Problems tend to be put into their proper perspective the moment we get off SELF, and on PURPOSE. By choosing your purpose in life - a purpose that serves the greater good - and devoting the majority of your time, energy, and attention everyday toward living it, you discover the secret to a life of fulfillment.” ThinkingSelfMomentsProblemPurposeEnergySecretAttentionGreaterPerspectiveMajorityEverydayFulfillmentPurpose Of LifeGreater GoodYour Purpose In LifeThinking Differently Author:Hal Elrod
“It's everyday for a woman to project a very strong wave of sexual energy through her second attention into a man, for him to assume that the energy he feels is his own.” MenFeelsEnergyStrongWomenAttentionProjectsEnlightenmentAssumingEverydayWaveVery Strong Author:Frederick Lenz
“By bringing current events into the classroom, everyday discussion, and social media, maybe we don’t need to wait for our grandchildren’s questions to remind us we should have paid more attention to current events.” NeedsShouldSocialWaitingAttentionMediaEventsShould HavePaidEverydayCurrentsSocial MediaDiscussionClassroomGrandchildrenCurrent Events Author:Adora Svitak
“I have always directed my attempts at the figurative representation of objects by way of summary and not very descriptive brushstrokes, diverging greatly from the real objective measurements of things, and this has led many people to talk about childish drawing.. ..this position of seeing them (the objects) without looking at them too much, without focussing more attention on them than any ordinary man would in normal everyday life..” PeopleMenWayRealAttentionToo MuchSeeingPositionObjectsNormalOrdinaryEverydayDrawingObjectivesRepresentationEveryday LifeMeasurementOrdinary ManSummary Author:Jean Dubuffet
“Scientists are rarely to be counted among the fun people. Awkward at parties, shy with strangers, deficient in irony - they have had no choice but to turn their attention to the close study of everyday objects.” PeopleScienceTurnsChoicesFunPartyAttentionStudyObjectsScientistEverydayStrangerIronyShyAwkwardEveryday Objects Book:The Fran Lebowitz Reader Source: The Fran Lebowitz Reader
“My focus on silence is to be understood as an intrinsic part of the body's search for meaning amongst the noisy assaults of everyday life. ... What quilts have brought to the viewing of art generally is this intervening layer of silence, of collected thought and concerted attention.” ArtBodyAttentionSilenceFocusUnderstoodEverydayLayersEveryday LifeAssaultSilence IsNoisySearch For MeaningParts Of The BodyQuiltsIntervening Book:Quilts as women's art: a quilt poetics Source: Quilts as women's art: a quilt poetics
“When we pay attention, whatever we are doing...is transformed and becomes a part of our spiritual path. We begin to notice details and textures that we never noticed before everyday life becomes clearer, sharper, and at the same time more spacious.” SpiritualPayAttentionPathMeditationEverydayDetailsPay AttentionTransformedEveryday LifeTextureSpiritual PathCalmingMeditation MindMeditation Life Author:Rick Fields
“I don't have to do much. What I was surprised at and the challenge was that dealing with an ensemble cast who are in scenes together everyday all day, that is a challenge. It's a challenge to make sure everyone get as much coverage and attention, it got just kind of competitive. I loved it because it made it funnier, but the improv went nuts. People were like, "Oh wait. I have something better to say." "Now, I'm going to say..."” PeopleKindMadeTogetherWaitingChallengesAttentionSceneEverydayCastsMade ItNutsSomething BetterCoverageEnsemble Author:Jerusha Hess
“What makes our marriage holy, what makes it "set apart" and sacramental, isn't the marriage certificate filed away in the basement or the degree to which we follow a list of rules and roles, it's the way God shows up in those everyday moments - loading the dishwasher, sharing a joke, hosting a meal, enduring an illness, working through a disagreement - and gives us the chance to notice, to pay attention to the divine. It's the way the God of resurrection makes all things new.” WayGivingMomentsShowsChancePayAttentionRolesDivineHolyDegreesJokesAll ThingsEndureEverydayIllnessListsPay AttentionMealsResurrectionDisagreementBasementsCertificatesDishwashersAll Things NewEveryday Moments Author:Rachel Held Evans