“Human beings are works in progress that mistakenly think they’re finished. The person you are right now is as transient, as fleeting and as temporary as all the people you’re ever been. The one constant in our lives is change.” PeopleThinkingLifeHumansPersonsLife IsChangeHuman BeingsMistakePsychologyOur LivesProgressRight NowConstantFinishedTemporaryFleetingTransientWork In Progress Author:Daniel Gilbert
“Our life is whatever we are encountering right now, and our practice is shikantaza, which is literally 'just sitting.' More broadly it means to put our energy into settling everything in our world here and now, where we really live.” WorldMeanLife IsEnergyPracticeOur LivesRight NowSittingSettlingOur WorldHere And Now Author:Kosho Uchiyama
“It's mighty hard right now to think of anything that's precious that isn't endangered. There are no sacred and unsacred places; there are only sacred and desecrated places. My belief is that the world and our life in it are conditional gifts.” ThinkingWorldHardBeliefOur LivesRight NowSacredConditional Author:Wendell Berry
“We can each rest in the knowledge that God is sovereign over our life's situation. No matter where we are today or what mistakes we've made in the past, He has given us everything we need to glorify Him right now.” NeedsMadeMatterTodayPastGivenMistakeSituationOur LivesRight NowSovereignGlorify Author:Joshua Harris
“It's very rare in our lives that we're like "Ooh, I'm going to really screw this family up." You just don't. You work from a place of need, like I want to finish this movie or I want to feel loved at that moment or I need empathy right now. And then, you do things that are questionable.” WantNeedsFeelsMomentsOur LivesRight NowEmpathyThat MomentNow And ThenScrewsQuestionable Author:Ry Russo-Young
“About the only question that we would say and this is a big one in our lives that we would say you don't just use pure reason to decide the answer to is anything that affects your happiness, because then gut and reason answer very different questions. So gut tells you "How do I feel about this right now?"” FeelsDifferentReasonUseBigsAnswersOur LivesRight NowPureGuts Author:Sheena Iyengar
“In our culture right now, I want to take on this notion of what a singular success means. We think success is one thing, but it's actually a spectrum of where our life takes us.” ThinkingWantMeanCultureOur LivesOne ThingRight NowNotionSpectrum Author:Mike Birbiglia
“...One thing you learn when you've lived as long as I have-people aren't all good, and people aren't all bad. We move in and out of darkness and light all of our lives. Right now, I'm pleased to be in the light.” PeopleLongLightMovingDarknessOur LivesOne ThingRight NowLight And DarknessUnwind Book:Unwind Source: Unwind
“Our lives were just beginning, our favorite moment was right now, our favorite songs were unwritten.” MomentsSongOur LivesRight NowUnwrittenFavorite Song Book:Love Is a Mix Tape: Life, Loss, and What I Listened To Source: Love Is a Mix Tape: Life, Loss, and What I Listened To