“The four Ways reflect a pervasive belief that life will be simple if we practice four basic principles: Show up or choose to be present, Pay attention to what has heart and meaning, Tell the truth without blame or judgment, and Be open, rather than attached to, the outcome.” IfsWayHeartShowsBeliefSimplePayAttentionPrinciplesPracticeFourJudgmentBlamePay AttentionOutcomesTelling The TruthBasic Principles Author:Angeles Arrien
“American voters have to pay closer attention to politics if they want to avoid four years of whining about the outcome.” IfsWantYearsPayAttentionFourOutcomesVotersFour YearsWhiningAmerican Voters Author:Jack Germond
“The Four Rules of Life: 1. Show Up 2. Pay Attention 3.Tell the Truth 4. Don't be upset at the results.” ShowsResultsPayAttentionFourPay AttentionUpsetTelling The TruthRules Of Life Author:Bill Vaughan
“I was the youngest of three kids, and from the age of four, singing was my way of getting attention.” WayKidsAgeThreeAttentionFourSingingMy Way Author:Kiki Dee
“Your first pregnancy you have nothing to do except sleep and take care of yourself and go to prenatal yoga or whatever. Now I have a full-time job, I have a four-year-old, I've got a life that is demanding my attention, so I've gone to prenatal yoga once. It's such a bummer.” YearsFirstsCareJobsSleepAttentionGoneFourYogaTake CarePregnancyFour YearsTake Care Of YourselfFull Time JobsBummerFirst Pregnancy Author:Busy Philipps
“Whether four years of strenuous attention to football and fraternities is the best preparation for professional work has never been seriously investigated.” YearsAttentionEducationFourFootballPreparationFour YearsFraternityProfessional Work Author:Robert M. Hutchins
“I blame the newspapers because every day they call our attention to insignificant things, while three or four times in our lives,we read books that contain essential things. Once we feverishly tear the band of paper enclosing our newspapers, things should change and we should find--I do not know--the Pensées by Pascal!” KnowsShouldBookThreeAttentionKnowledgeFourOur LivesTearsBandEssentialsPaperNewsBlameNewspapersPensInsignificantPascalInsignificant Things Author:Marcel Proust
“I came out of the nine-hour surgery and I had tubes in every direction, and those nurses at the Mayo Clinic, I could cry for four days at the kindness of those nurses. The care, the detail of the care, the attention that just never wavered, never complained. The love.” CareHoursAttentionKindnessFourCryDetailsNineNurseSurgeryTubesClinic Author:Eve Ensler