Ryan Seacrest Quotes

When you wash your hands, when you make a cup of coffee, when you're waiting for the elevator - instead of indulging in thinking, these are all opportunities for being there as a still, alert presence.

My photography is the result of being there at the right moment.

You don't have to save the world, but you can be in the world-that's where the beauty comes from.

Presence is more than just being there.

Listening to something without being present is different from being there in the flesh.

I'm all about showing up for my friends, especially when they need me the most.

I think it's a challenge, and I'm by no means perfect at it, nor is anybody, but I think what I would always tell other dads is to try to be present. Just try to be there.

If you didn't always have to choose between turning away for good or rushing in deeper. In the moments that it really counts, maybe it's enough - more than enough, even - just to be there.

Be here. Be present. Wherever you are, be there.

Sometimes the only thing you could do for people was to be there.

If I'm watching my son play soccer, that's what I'm doing. If I'm going to a school concert, that's what I'm doing. I turn the phone off. I actively tune into whatever I'm doing. I walk every evening with one of my sons and for that half an hour, 45 minutes, that's what I'm doing.

The best advice I ever came across on the subject of concentration is: Wherever you are, be there.

Maybe it's good to put things in perspective, but sometimes, I think that the only perspective is to really be there.

When I am constantly running there is no time for being. When there is no time for being there is no time for listening.

That is why those who are not capable of being there in the present moment, they don't really live their life - they live like dead people.

Relax. Just relax and have fun doing what you're doing. Don't worry so much about being results oriented. Just commit yourself to the moment.

There are, of course, an infinite number of places where one is not, yet only one place where one actually is.

Showing up is 80 percent of life.

Each time you look at a tangerine, you can see deeply into it. You can see everything in the universe in one tangerine. When you peel it and smell it, it’s wonderful. You can take your time eating a tangerine and be very happy.

Right now, and in every now-moment, you are either closing or opening. You are either stressfully waiting for something - more money, security, affection - or you are living from your deep heart, opening as the entire moment, and giving what you most deeply desire to give, without waiting.

If there's anything I can do- I know there probably isn't, but..." Just be here

Mindfulness does not mean pushing oneself toward something or hanging on to something. It means allowing oneself to be there in the very moment of what is happening in the living process - and then letting go.

You don't always have to be doing something. The most of something that you can do sometimes is to be in the present doing nothing.

The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence.