Smile cards and increasing awareness of possible acts of kindness.
Celestine Prophecy: coincidences.
Stand by me.
Nothing is coincidence, but the meaning is not always so
obvious.
Sitting silently with parents in childhood on early morning sundays going through the paper. Still a very strong feeling of sharing love & presence, even though nothing in particular was being done.
Many missed opportunities to do random acts of kindness.
Be prepared always to give.
If you don't understand my silence, how will you
understand my words?
Just by being rich doesn't necessarily mean that you
cannot love.
This thought caused tears several times. Usually every
week thought is not easy to put in practice immediately,
this one weighed heavy because it was so easy to implement.
"Love" is such a loaded word, hard to know when you are
truly feeling it.
Came to feel Love through appreciation for another.
Is there a difference between presence and attentiveness?
What made mom happy when all family was at home on a
weekend? just being alive, playing around, mildly arguing -
not necessarily praising or paying attention to her.
Don't ask what the world needs, do what makes you come
alive, because what the world needs most is people who have
come alive (Howard Thurman)
It would help to know context of quote, because to us it
may sound simplistic, but it might have been tailored for a
different audience.
It's difficult to be present without being attemptive.
If you cannot connect and feel how another person is, it is
hard to be present.
As an experiment, sometimes going up to people and saying
"I Love you" in different tones.
Being balanced is a part of being present. Being present
is necessary to be balanced.
Feel blessed to be raised in a household where Love was
freely shared, verbally and in silence. Now as children are
grown up, when say "I Love youW" to dad, response is "You
need money don't you?" .. don't just say it, show you Love
someone. Just saying the words can be a copout.
There are no great acts, only small acts done with great
Love (Mother Teresa).
Sometimes it's worth telling someone else you are there
for them, even if the silent presence is strong.
Why do we always equate Loving with an object of that
Love?
When raising children, equating taking care of them with
Love which implies not being present with them often.
Notion of presence as pre-sense, a state of being before
perceiving through the senses.
Silence is always a dance between action & inaction. You
cannot take silence as something that comes before & after
something, it is something that lasts throughout - true
presence.
Favorite quote: Faith is a withholding of conclusion, so
you allow what is to arise. --Adyashanti.
Love and thankfullness are topics which everyone can
share something about.
In Italian families, meals are the religion. Did not
appreciate it as youth, but now realize meals are just about
being present, sharing the experience.
Children are very present. They can feel very
passionately in one moment, and forget it the next. Being with kids
rubs off.
Is presence contagious?
Compassion is rooted in understanding.
Fear blocks presence
Appreciation for the depth of today's conversation,
whereas usually there is a feeling of rushing.
Sometimes it's best not to analyze these things, Love,
balance, etc .. they are interconnected. Live it.
On May 25, 2018Laura wrote :
I think love is letting go of ego to be fully present to another. This allows you to be for that person what’d er they need and fills you with joy.
On Jun 12, 2006 Nipun wrote :