Quotes about Attention

No act is so private it does not seek applause.

If you don't have the time to do it right, how can you have the time to do it over?

There are no big things, only an accumulation of many little things. Remove enough rivets and the wing falls off. However, it is up to you, the leader, to identify the correct rivets and determine how much attention each will be given. Do this correctly and your organization will survive flying through even the most turbulent competitive storm.

To allow ourselves to be truly in touch with where we already are, no matter where that is, we have got to pause in our experience long enough to let the present moment sink in; long enough to actually feel the present moment, to see it in its fullness, to hold it in awareness and thereby come to know and understand it better.

By repeatedly bringing your attention back to the breath each time it wanders off, concentration builds and deepens, much as muscles develop by repetitively lifting weights.

We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now.

and remind you that you are here now, and that when you get there, you will be there. If you miss the here, you are likely also to miss the there. If your mind is not centered here, it is likely not to be centered just because you arrive somewhere else.

As you begin befriending your breath, you see immediately that unawareness is everywhere.

The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. R. D. LAING

TRY: Asking yourself in this moment, "Am I awake?," "Where is my mind right now?

If we are to grasp the reality of our life while we have it, we will need to wake up to our moments. Otherwise, whole days, even a whole life, could slip past unnoticed.

What does happen as we intentionally pay attention to our breathing is that we realize pretty quickly that we are