“When in these fresh mornings I go into my garden before anyone is awake, I go for the time being into perfect happiness. In this hour divinely fresh and still, the fair face of every flower salutes me with a silent joy. . . . All the cares, perplexities, and griefs of existence, all the burdens of life slip from my shoulders and leave me with the heart of a little child that asks nothing beyond the present moment of innocent bliss.” HeartChildrenLittlesStillsMomentsCareFacesJoyAsksHoursPerfectGriefExistenceMorningFlowerFairsGardenSilentBurdenShouldersInnocentBlissAwakePresent MomentSlipsLeaving MeSalutePerplexityPerfect HappinessBurdens Of Life Author:Celia Thaxter
“See yourself being a master of gratitude in the future. Mentally picture how this will help you feel joy the moment you are awake and are grateful for being alive. See how you can be grateful and happy for each breath. Realize that when you master gratitude, you will see a happy face every time you look into the mirror. See how your entire quality of life will be improved. See how other people will tell you that they enjoy being around you because you are such a happy person.” PeopleFeelsLooksPersonsMomentsHelpingFacesJoyEnjoyRealizingQualityAliveMastersGratitudeBreathsMirrorsGratefulAwakeBe GratefulQuality Of LifeHappy PersonHappy Face Author:Zelig Pliskin
“Being present. The mind is like a butterfly that flits from one flower to the next. Seldom do we find ourselves nestled in the excuisite and eternal ocean of here and now. When you are, you can connect with your true self that is beyond the chattering of your mind. When you take the effort to focus your drifting consciousness to become fully awake to the present moment, you will discover the glorious light that dwells within you.” MindSelfMomentsLightNextEffortConsciousnessFocusFlowerOceanEternalAwakeGloriousPresent MomentButterflyWithin YouTrue SelfHere And NowDriftingLike A Butterfly Author:Denise Linn
“All the lives we ever lead are only dreams, these walking moments, that look so solid to you when you consider yourself awake, are just dreams.” LooksMomentsDreamWalkingAwakeReincarnationJust A Dream Author:Frederick Lenz
“At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance.” WorldLongSoulEndsMomentsAgeNationsHoursSleepPowerfulStepsIndiaAwakeStrokesMidnightUtteranceIndia Independence DayIndian Independence Day Book:Sept. 1964-May 1949 Source: Sept. 1964-May 1949
“I look at it this way: How much of the day are you awake? You think, "I've gotta get that dry cleaning, I gotta get this going, and this, and this, and this." And all of a sudden it's dinnertime. And then there's a moment of connection with your spouse or your friends. Then you read and go to bed. Wake up and then it's the same all over. You're not awake, you're not living, you're not experiencing. We start early medicating ourselves. We start kids early, on TV and video games and so on.” ThinkingWayLifeLooksMomentsKidsGamesTvsBedConnectionsWake UpVideoAwakeDryOver YouSpouseCleaningDry Cleaning Author:Tim Allen
“The coarsest father gains a new impulse to labor from the moment of his baby's birth; he scarcely sees it when awake, and yet it is with him all the time. Every stroke he strikes is for his child. New social aims, new moral motives, come vaguely up to him.” ChildrenMomentsFatherSocialMoralBabyBirthGainsLaborAimStrikesImpulseAwakeMotiveStrokes Book:Outdoor Studies, Poems Source: Outdoor Studies, Poems
“I don't personally believe in an arrived state of enlightenment. I feel that being human is a constant practice of return. We have moments of clarity, and then we're confused. We have incredibly sensitive periods of being awake, and then we're numb. Being human is a very universal and a very personal practice of learning how to return when we can't get access to what we know.” KnowsFeelsBelieveHumansStatesMomentsPracticeReturnPeriodsEnlightenmentUniversalConstantAccessClaritySensitiveAwakeConfusedBeing HumanNumbMoments Of Clarity Author:Mark Nepo
“This awake silence is available to anyone in this moment. All you have to do is stop using your mind to look for it. It doesn't know where to find it.” KnowsMindLooksMomentsSilenceAvailableAwakeSilence Is Author:Adyashanti