“In the Now, there really is no destination. Each moment is lived for its own sake, even as you move toward whatever you many choose to pursue. When you are focused on some outcome or achievement-or are looking forward to the day when you are able to live in conditions that you imagine will be superior to whatever currently exists-your life right now becomes just an interval on the way to the next event.” WayMomentsAbleMovingNextImagineConditionsEventsRight NowAchievementSakeFocusedSuperiorsPursueOutcomesDestinationLooking ForwardIntervals Author:Richard Moss
“The event is not what you should be working on. You should be working on your response or reaction to an event. You either react to it - that means you become victimized, and you say this thing is happening to you - or you respond to it and say the solution must come through you - that's where you stay focused, not on the rightness, wrongness, fairness of the event, but on the appropriateness of your response.” ShouldMeanEventsSolutionsHappeningsResponseFocusedReactionsFairnessStay FocusedAppropriateness Author:Iyanla Vanzant
“I liked the push and pull of that, between the outer political world and the inner personal lives of the characters. It's also real life... Many of us are keenly aware of world events, but break your nose and I bet that's the main thing you'd be focused on.” WorldRealCharacterPoliticalBreakEventsFocusedReal LifeNosesPersonal LifeWorld Events Author:Said Sayrafiezadeh
“Fixating on the outcome or needing to know all the details of an upcoming event, such as a trip, causes people to be upset when things don’t go their way, overly focused on the future, and unable to bounce back easily. Inflexible people are susceptible to anger, distress, and depression. Surrendered people go with the flow, shrug it off when an unplanned situation happens, and tend to be happier, more lighthearted, and resilient. They remember to exhale during stress.” PeopleKnowsWayHappensRememberCausesSituationEventsFlowStressDetailsFocusedUpsetOutcomesDistressResilientBounceSusceptible Author:Judith Orloff
“Michael Bealmear is a philanthropist, and he has become interested in the issue of refugees, and he proposed that we do an event in his community, where we could dedicate an entire evening focused on the global refugee crisis, focused primarily on Afghanistan.” CommunityIssuesEventsCrisisFocusedEveningAfghanistanRefugeePhilanthropistRefugee Crisis Author:Khaled Hosseini