{"quotes":[{"text":"Legacy is not what's left tomorrow when you're gone. It's what you give, create, impact and contribute today while you're here that then happens to live on.","author":"Rasheed Ogunlaru","tags":["contribution","courage","destiny","fate-happiness","following-your-life-s-path","inspiring","legacy","life","living","living-in-the-present","living-life-to-the-fullest","making-a-difference","making-an-impact","mortality","rasheed-ogunlaru","regret","tomorrow"],"id":2255,"author_id":"Rasheed+Ogunlaru"},{"text":"Mindfulness is not entering into another planet. It is making you good at what you do. It is restoring your link to the source of life.","author":"Amit Ray","tags":["another-planet","living-in-the-moment","living-in-the-present","mindfulness","moment","moment-to-moment","moments","present-moment","present-moment-awareness","present-moment-living","restore-your-link","source-of-life"],"id":6424,"author_id":"Amit+Ray"},{"text":"THE FOUR HEAVENLY FOUNTAINSLaugh, I tell youAnd you will turn backThe hands of time.Smile, I tell youAnd you will reflectThe face of the divine.Sing, I tell youAnd all the angels will sing with you!Cry, I tell youAnd the reflections found in your pool of tears -Will remind you of the lessons of today and yesterdayTo guide you through the fears of tomorrow.","author":"Suzy Kassem","tags":["age","aging","angel","angels","aspiration","attitude","clock","cry","crying","divine","elder","elderly","enjoy","face","failure","fear","fears","fountains","future","god","god-streams","growing-old","hands-of-time","heaven","heavenly","inspiration","lake","laugh","laughing","laughter","life","life-abd-living","life-philosophy","living","living-in-the-present","living-life","living-well","old","past","play","playing","pond","pool","positive","present","reflect","reflection","river","senior","sing","singing","smile","smiling","social","stream","tear","tears","time","today","tomorrow","years","yesterday","young","youth"],"id":16573,"author_id":"Suzy+Kassem"},{"text":"A feeling of joy if not shared or tasted is a waste of a chance to be embraced.","author":"Ana Claudia Antunes","tags":["embrace-life","embrace-opportunities","embrace-who-you-are","embrace-worthiness","embraced","feeling-good","feelings","happiness","happiness-advice","joy","joyful-living","joyful-thankful","living","living-in-the-present","living-well","sharing","tips","tips-to-live-happy-life"],"id":17771,"author_id":"Ana+Claudia+Antunes"},{"text":"You could continue to repress and think about the life you could have had or you can take what you want from life and see that the world finds that person infinitely more irresistible...","author":"Roberto Hogue","tags":["irresistibility","irresistible","living-in-the-moment","living-in-the-present","living-life-to-the-fullest","regret","regrets","repressing-emotions","repression","seize-everything-without-regret","seize-the-day","seize-the-night"],"id":19066,"author_id":"Roberto+Hogue"},{"text":"It seems sometimes that we get so caught up in missing the past, or looking forward to the future, that we forget that this, right here and now, was once the days we longed for and will soon be the ones we miss.","author":"John A. Ashley","tags":["inspirational","living-in-the-moment","living-in-the-present","memories","nostalgia","past-and-future"],"id":19839,"author_id":"John+A.+Ashley"},{"text":"Don’t spend too much time grieving for me, Elena. I know you’re probably a little sad as you’re reading this, since that means I’m dead and you’re having to learn how to go on in a new way. I would be sad if you didn’t miss me, so I won’t tell you not to, but I will tell you to keep on living. The world is full of beautiful music, flowers, places, and experiences. Enjoy it all as much as you can. Just remember it’s the people in your life that make it worthwhile...People and memories, not things are what’s important in the end. Nothing else matters as much as that.","author":"M. Reed McCall","tags":["death","life","life-after-loss","life-lessons","living-in-the-present","living-life-to-the-fullest","loss","loss-of-family","love"],"id":22734,"author_id":"M.+Reed+McCall"},{"text":"Mind is like a net, drawn by the needles of past and future. Mindfulness is the way for not getting stuck into that net.","author":"Amit Ray","tags":["life-and-living","life-lessons","living-in-the-moment","living-in-the-present","living-life-to-the-fullest","mind","mind-body-spirit","mind-power","mindfulness","mindfulness-buddhism","mindfulness-meditation","mindfulness-practice","mindfulness-training","mindset","net","net-of-thoughts","network"],"id":23546,"author_id":"Amit+Ray"},{"text":"The picture enclosed here is of a hibiscus that has been flowering in the parlor window one bloom at a time for what seems like a year or more. It’s getting to where I don’t remember when there wasn’t a bud or two and a flower either out or on the way.This morning there is a fresh new flower just like the one in the picture, but right next to it is the one that was new yesterday and is already spent. I don’t know whether to be happy for the beautiful one or sad for the one that is gone. I guess if I wait until tomorrow I can be sad for the one that is so beautiful now. But how can I anticipate being sad for something that is so pretty?It’s really a good thing that people can only “see” the present because we are on the same train as a hibiscus except that we are on a longer trip. I’ve told you before but it fits in here so I will say it again. Sometimes I get feeling so good that I get afraid to anticipate the loss. If life could be a series of beautiful scenes and beautiful music and pleasant visits with people we love, then life should just go on forever. I suppose that’s why people get old and feeble with wandering minds. What is can end without too much loss, and what was did not stop so will be forever. Right now and as far as I can see, I want to be this morning’s flower. I’ll be a hibiscus. You be a rose….","author":"M. Reed McCall","tags":["aging","death","death-and-dying","life-and-living","living-in-the-present","time"],"id":31114,"author_id":"M.+Reed+McCall"},{"text":"To live in the present, you need to act or accept but never stay stuck.","author":"John Kuypers","tags":["living-in-the-present","present"],"id":33200,"author_id":"John+Kuypers"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":85,"pages":9,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}