Little Deep Thoughts

Practice being awake in the present moment. Make the most of your awareness of this hour. Don’t live in the past (unless you want guilt) or worry about the future (unless you want fear), but stay focused on today (in case you want happiness). "Until you can put your attention where you want it," said Emmet Fox, "you have not become master of yourself. You will never be happy until you can determine what you are going to think about for the next hour." There is a time for dreaming, planning, and creative goal-setting. But once you are complete with that, learn to live in the here and now. See your whole life as being contained in this very hour. Let the microcosm become the macrocosm. It's amazing what can be done by people who learn to relax, pay attention, and focus, appreciating the present hour and all the opportunity it contains. It is said that in America we try to cultivate an appreciation of art, while the Japanese cultivate the art of appreciation...

It was my intention, my commitment, that even if a door was closed I would bang on it, I would break the door, or I would get in through the window. There was no way that I would not make that happen. You automatically commit to something if you really want it enough. You don't even have to think about it, you just jump right into it. If there's a movie you're desperate to see, it takes no effort for you to commit to go to a theatre and see it. When you fall head over heels in love, you can't stop yourself from commitment to see the other person. The one thing about the activities we pursue on the ocean is they're very committed. You don't kind of ride a wave; you either ride it or you don't. Every wave and every ride is a belief and commitment. You're taking that leap. There's something about deciding that whatever you have at the moment is enough to do whatever it is you need to do. If you always think you're missing one more thing, if y...

The first time I looked at her, I knew it was her. The first time I spoke to her, I knew it was her. The first time I felt her, I knew it was her. The first time I saw the spark in her eyes, I knew it was for me. But later did I know that it wasn't her. It was all a dream. A dream which made me feel I really had her and made me want her more But I knew I could never have her because she was already gone......

The journey itself will never be as you think. You have an idea of the destination, but you never know the route. Many people give up on their dreams or don't even begin to pursue them because from where they are standing they can't see the whole path to their dreams. You will never see the whole path ahead, and so you will never know how your dream is going to come true. No successful person has ever known how his or her dream would happen. They simply believed that it would happen and did not give up until it did.