#present

Learn to say no to demands, requests, invitations, and activities that leave you with no time for yourself. Until I learned to say no, and mean it, I was always overloaded by stress. You may feel guilty and selfish at first for guarding your down- time, but you’ll soon find that you are a much nicer, more present, more productive person in each instance you do choose to say yes. ↗

— Holly Mosier

#mindfulness #opt-out #peace-of-mind #present-moment #purpose

Zen is a liberation from time. For if we open our eyes and see clearly, it becomes obvious that there is no other time than this instant, and that the past and the future are abstractions without any concrete reality. ↗

— Alan Wilson Watts

#future #past #present #reality #way-of-zen

I always thought I could do a good job coaching, but the opportunities have not presented themselves. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#coaching #could #good #good job #i

There was never sufficient evidence presented at my trial to support a finding of intent to kill. ↗

— Jack Henry Abbott

#finding #intent #kill #never #presented

There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief. ↗

— Aeschylus

#great #grief #joy #memory #pain

I think that a president needs to have a variety of views presented. But also, there has to be a team effort, because otherwise, I think it creates a dissonance and difficulty. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#because #creates #difficulty #effort #i

The greatest thrill in my life was to represent the United States of America. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#greatest #life #my life #represent #states

We butchered the force present at the airport, we are destroying them. ↗

— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

#destroying #force #present #them

The recent past always presents itself as if destroyed by catastrophes. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#catastrophes #destroyed #itself #past #presents

The ultimate binding element in the medieval order was subordination to the divine will and its earthly representatives, notably the pope. ↗