“The activity at this very moment must be the only thing that matters, to which one is fully given. If one is concentrated, it matters little what one is doing. The important, as well as the unimportant things, assume a new dimension of reality, because they have one's full attention.” IfsWellsLittlesImportantMatterMomentsRealityGivenAttentionActivityAssumingDimensionsConcentrationUnimportantThings That MatterOnly Thing That MattersUnimportant Things Book:THE ART OF LOVING Source: THE ART OF LOVING
“Oh if at every moment of our lives we could know the consequences of some of the utterings, thoughts and deeds that seem so trivial and unimportant at the time! And should we not conclude from such examples that there is no such thing in life as unimportant moments devoid of meaning for the future?” IfsKnowsShouldMomentsSeemsOur LivesExampleConsequenceDeedsThings In LifeUnimportant Author:Isabelle Eberhardt
“Dance and game are frivolous, unimportant down here; for "down here" is not their natural place. Here, they are a moment's rest from the life we were placed here to live. But in this world everything is upside down. That which, if it could be prolonged here, would be a truancy, is likest that which in a better country is the End of ends. Joy is the serious business of Heaven.” IfsWorldEndsCountryMomentsWould BeJoyGamesHeavenNaturalThis WorldSeriousUpside DownUnimportantFrivolousSerious BusinessTruancy Book:A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis Source: A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis