All we see of someone at any moment is a snapshot of their life, there in riches or poverty, in joy or despair. Snapshots don't show the million decisions that led to tht moment.
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Related All we see of someone at any moment is a snapshot of their life, there in riches or poverty, in joy ... RICHARD BACH There are moment of sadness and moment of joy. This is life. BETH COHEN The only way to survive eternity is to be able to appreciate each moment. LAUREN KATE Do not look back and grieve over the past, for it is gone; and do not be troubled about the future, ... IDA SCOTT TAYLOR MCKINNEY Being present is being connected to All Things. S. KELLEY HARRELL, M. DIV. The only time you ever have in which to learn anything or see anything or feel
anything, or express ... MARIANNE WILLIAMSON Sometimes, without effort, you live in the moment. You don't regret the past or worry about the futu... REBECCA MCNUTT Easing back in her seat, Grace watched the children in the playground opposite, coats off, faces flu... KATHLEEN TESSARO You can't go back to how things were. How you thought they were. All you really have is...now. JAY ASHER No, of course not. But surely you know your affair couldn't go on forever." "Forever has no mea... ELLEN HOPKINS She plucked the blossoms from the bag and arranged them, one by one, in the water glass on her dress... SARAH JIO A credit score is a snapshot of an exact moment. CATE WILLIAMS The Buddha told him, "When we sit, we know we are sitting. When we walk, we know we are walking. Whe... THICH NHAT HANH I promise myself that I will enjoy every minute of the day that is given me to live. THICH NHAT HANH The show has always been about the shallow moment-by-moment existence of life in the business. But w... DOUG ELLIN Live in the moment... but don't be led by the moment, or the people who belong to it. J. ALEKSANDR WOOTTON Life is a journey, not a destination. RALPH WALDO EMERSON The best thing about existence is that any moment in time can be a point of beginning to anything! I... MEHMET MURAT ILDAN The moment one accosts a stranger or is accosted by him is above all in this life the moment of dram... HANIEL LONG There are, as is known, insects that die in the moment of fertilization. So it is with all joy: life... SOREN KIERKEGAARD I think that knowledge enslaves us, that at the base of all knowledge there is a servility, the acce... GEORGES BATAILLE The goal in life is not to try and live forever, but to create something that will forever in people... KARON WADDELL Enjoy today. It is one of the "good old days" you will miss in the future! ETTA SAWYERR The gift of life is present at every moment — even moments that seem insignificant or unpleasant. BRYANT MCGILL I have better understanding how difficult and complex life can be, fortunately I know when not to ta... SHELLIE PALMER What lists and awards don't measure - and I feel this strongly - is the lasting value of any wor... JENNIFER EGAN In early childhood you may lay the foundation of poverty or riches, industry or idleness, good or ev... LYDIA SIGOURNEY In early childhood you may lay the foundation of poverty or riches, industry of idleness, good or ev... LYDIA SIGOURNEY Any life is made up of a single moment, the moment in which a man finds out, once and for all, who h... JORGE LUIS BORGES How can something feel so crucial in the moment and then seem completely trivial after the fact? PAULA STOKES What day is it?" It's today," squeaked Piglet. My favorite day," said Pooh. A.A. MILNE Look at everything always as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time: Thus is yo... BETTY SMITH Life is a preparation for the future; and the best preparation for the future is to live as if there... ALBERT EINSTEIN Just as there is no such thing as Christian physics or Muslim Algebra, we will see tht there is no s... SAM HARRIS Live today. Not yesterday. Not tomorrow. Just today. Inhabit your moments. Don't rent them out to to... JERRY SPINELLI Mindfulness is like that—it is the miracle which can call back in a flash our dispersed mind and r... THICH NHAT HANH We're so busy watching out for what's just ahead of us that we don't take time to enjoy where we are... BILL WATTERSON If there's one thing I learned, it's that nobody is here forever. You have to live for the moment, e... SIMONE ELKELES Be present in all things and thankful for all things. MAYA ANGELOU Things were a little untidy, but what did that matter? It was possible to become the slave of things... ELIZABETH VON ARNIM Savor the moment. Set a goal that you value and plan the steps to of getting there in a way that you... TERENCE T. GORSKI Courage is the whisper in the moment of despair that says: "I must go on..." DAN WALDSCHMIDT These are the days that must happen to you. WALT WHITMAN Mindfulness is observing the beauty of every moment unfolding before us. AMIT RAY Let everything happen to you Beauty and terror Just keep going No feeling is final RAINER MARIA RILKE She worked her toes into the sand, feeling the tiny delicious pain of the friction of tiny chips of ... ORSON SCOTT CARD Mindfulness is not entering into another planet. It is making you good at what you do. It is restori... AMIT RAY Burnout is grist to the mill. I write every day, for most of the day, so it's just about turning... GRANT MORRISON Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright mornin... ERICH FROMM The moment a mere numerical superiority by either states or voters in this country proceeds to ignor... FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Life is a collection of moments. Mindfulness is beautification of the moments. AMIT RAY So, tomorrow, I'm leaving. And I'm not going to let that happen again with anyone else. I'm going to... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Most of us think we're too busy or too important to rest for a day. CRAIG GROESCHEL If there is a sacred moment in the ethical pursuit of game, it is the moment you release the arrow o... JIM POSEWITZ When we fall in love with someone there's a moment when we take a picture of that person, an emotion... JIM GEOGHAN Learning every moment in life may create a wonderful treasure of practical knowledge of how to live ... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Learning every moment in life may create a wonderful treasure of practical knowledge of how to live ... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Guard your mind diligently to accommodate riches or else poverty will follow you for life. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) I think the story of 'Alice in Wonderland' in a way is a reminder that life is frightening, ... MICHAEL SHEEN How can someone ask you to show your full potential when their actions bring out the worst in you.Fo... TANICA S HALL How can someone ask you to show your full potential when their actions bring out the worst in you.Fo... TANICA S HALL Like tiny gods, all that we say and do holds a power so great that any one of us in any given moment... A.J. DARKHOLME We all have different perspectives to life. We all do take different decisions in life each day base... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH In a single moment ... he began the long chain of falsehoods that have led us to our moment of truth... GEORGE GEKAS Life is sweet or bitter depending on where your attention is, at that moment. GEORGE ALEXIOU There is no set moment in your life that will define you. Every moment is a chance to change your li... AVINA CELESTE Whatever relationships you have attracted in your life at this moment, are precisely the ones you ne... DEEPAK CHOPRA We all have different perspectives on life. We all do take different decisions in life each day base... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow real poverty. DAVID HUME A good snapshot stops a moment from running away. EUDORA WELTY I can't do any more 'Peep Show' because of my loyalties in Los Angeles to 'Two And A... SOPHIE WINKLEMAN Having dignity doesn't require you to fall out of love with someone. You can love someone your entir... SHANNON L. ALDER You have to remember one life, one death–this one! To enter fully the day, the hour, the moment wh... STEPHEN LEVINE I have, thanks to my travels, added to my stock all the superstitions of other countries. I know the... SARAH BERNHARDT I have, thanks to my travels, added to my stock all the superstitions of other countries. I know th... SARAH BERNHARDT A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow real poverty DAVID HUME A good snapshot keeps a moment from running away. EUDORA WELTY We all have different perspectives on life. We all do take different decisions in life each day base... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH There's something in the moment when you can make them laugh or cry and show and incredibly comp... GEDDE WATANABE Where 'er thou art be thou (w)holy there. MURRAY I. MESZAROS Right now we are here, and nothing can mar our perfection, or steal the joy of this perfect moment. AUDREY NIFFENEGGER Life goes headlong. We chase some flying scheme, or we are hunted by some fear or command behind us.... RALPH WALDO EMERSON Learning to live in the present moment is part of the path of joy. SARAH BAN BREATHNACH There is nothing like a Bach fugue to remove me from a discordant moment... only Bach hold up fresh ... EDWARD WESTON Sometimes even in most unfortunate of lives there will occur a moment or two of good. LEMONY SNICKET The answer is, who you are cannot be defined through thinking or mental labels or definitions, becau... ECKHART TOLLE Now is the only time we have, and the only time we have any control over. RICHARD CARLSON Because when you’re laughing, there is no other emotion in that moment except for joy. ROBERT SCHIMMEL In proper meditation, we learn to watch our thoughts. We can then consciously live in this moment th... HOWARD MANN We wait all these years to find someone who understands us, I thought, someone who accepts us as we ... RICHARD BACH We have a moral obligation to use our prosperity at this moment, especially to uplift communities in... ALAN GREENSPAN For serenity in life we should live happily in the present moment. It is the only moment we have. Wh... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA For serenity in life we should live happily in the present moment. It is the only moment we have. Wh... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA The human being, whether he realises it or not, is trusting someone or something every moment of the... IDRIES SHAH A moment spent in Sorrow or a moment spent in Pain is a waste of a Great Treasure that you will neve... RVM I have come to realize that love doesn't change, it doesn't become untrue, it doesn't fade or disapp... NICOLE SHURRI HASTINGS Any unarmed people are slaves, or are subject to slavery at any given moment. HUEY NEWTON If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath. AMIT RAY Many today feel troubled and distressed; many feel that, at any moment, the ships of their lives cou... JOSEPH B. WIRTHLIN Joy, living in the moment, plus lack of fear equals abundance. Live for the moment without fear and ... THOMAS J. POWELL
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