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Don't wait to be successful at some future point, have a successful relationship with the present moment and be fully present in whatever you are doing. That is success.

Don't wait to be successful at some future point, have a successful relationship with the present moment and be fully present in whatever you are doing. That is success.

Eckhart Tolle
Successful, Waiting, Moments
"Thriving in the Now with Arianna Huffington and Eckhart Tolle" by Suza Scalora, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 22, 2014.

It is not uncommon for people to spend their whole life waiting to start living.

Eckhart Tolle
Spiritual, People, Waiting
Eckhart Tolle (2010). “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment”, p.86, New World Library

You can't wait for the end of your problems for you to be present. It has to be done whereever you are - which is now

Eckhart Tolle
Yoga, Waiting, Done
FaceBook post by Eckhart Tolle from Dec 29, 2010

I never went out and said, "I want to do this." I never do that. I wait for things to come to me, either within or without, and I go along with it.

Eckhart Tolle
Waiting, Want, Said
"Eckhart Tolle & Barnet Bain on Bringing Mindfulness to the Movies". Awaken interview, www.awaken.com. January 7, 2014.

Waiting is a state of mind that says we want what we don't have. Therefore, with every kind of waiting we produce an inner conflict between now and the projected future. This greatly reduces the quality of our life. Are you a 'habitual waiter'?

Eckhart Tolle
Waiting, Mind, Quality

Waiting is a state of mind. Basically, it means that you want the future; you don't want the present. You don't want what you've got, and you want what you haven't got. With every kind of waiting, you unconsciously create inner conflict between your here and now, where you don't want to be, and the projected future, where you want to be. This greatly reduces the quality of your life by making you lose the present.

Eckhart Tolle
Mean, Waiting, Mind
Eckhart Tolle (2010). “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment”, p.86, New World Library

Give up waiting as a state of mind. When you catch yourself slipping into waiting...snap out of it. Come into the present moment. Just be and enjoy being.

Eckhart Tolle
Giving Up, Waiting, Mind
Eckhart Tolle (2010). “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment”, p.87, New World Library

You don't have to wait for something 'meaningful' to come into your life so that you can finally enjoy what you do. There is more meaning in joy than you will ever need. The 'waiting to start living' syndrome is one of the most common delusions of the unconscious state.

Eckhart Tolle
Meaningful, Joy, Waiting
Eckhart Tolle (2006). “A New Earth (Oprah #61): Awakening to Your Life's Purpose”, p.179, Penguin

The ego is just waiting to identify with anything. Whether it's your misery or being a great meditator, it seeks some identification.

Eckhart Tolle
Waiting, Ego, Misery
Source: www.meditationblog.com

So give up waiting as a state of mind. When you catch yourself slipping into waiting . . . snap out of it. Come into the present moment. Just be, and enjoy being. If you are present, there is never any need for you to wait for anything. So next time somebody says, “Sorry to have kept you waiting,” you can reply, “That's all right, I wasn't waiting. I was just standing

Eckhart Tolle
Giving Up, Sorry, Waiting
Eckhart Tolle (2010). “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment”, p.87, New World Library

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