Sentences with phrase «about small moments»

Try telling your loved one stories about the small moments in your life.

This was in response to a writing prompt at the Open Adoption Roundtable, where the assignment was to «write about a small moment that open adoption made possible.»

It's about the smaller moments in between.

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Before his talk, Berger told me over coffee that he's not so sure about the of - the - moment advertising strategies often positioned as the only way business owners — especially small - business owners — can expand their brand and engage consumers.

While thinking about what to write, I suddenly had a moment of clarity as I stomped the snowy pavements of NYC, I want to dedicate my editor's letter to the pages I'm reading because they sum up in the most simple and logical way why we as a generation are mentally suffering more than ever before and how life could be infinitely more fun with a small mindset shift.

Wait no not that at all, he runs Goldman Sachs Asset Management, «the smallest division at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and usually the last one investors ask about,» but one that is having a moment recently, since it's performing well (both for customers and for the bank) and provides the sort of recurring fee - type revenue that you don't really get in prop trading.

In the moments when we wonder why we bother, when we feel futile and small and ridiculous, when we feel misunderstood and mischaracterized, when we are paying a price, it's in those moments that we learn the truth about being...

In the moments when we wonder why we bother, when we feel futile and small and ridiculous, when we feel misunderstood and mischaracterized, when we are paying a price, it's in those moments that we learn the truth about being brave: it doesn't always feel good.

So we curled on the bed together and I told this small person trying to figure out how to be human about my love and about God's love, about how we live within this love in these moments of challenge.

After the Dalai Lama won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, and the likes of Shirley MacLaine turned him into a New - Ageish celebrity, I have had moments of ambivalence about my small part in all this.

I was once in a «Chinese community at noon time, I didn't think anything about it, I stopped and went into a small ethnic restaurant, there was very noticeable conversations going on — I could hear it, but the moment I stepped in and the people saw me all conversations stopped.

- While the squash roasts, cook the ground beef by placing a medium - size non-stick pan over medium - high heat, and drizzling in about 1 tablespoon of olive oil; once the oil is hot, add in the onion, and saute for about 2 minutes; next, add in the ground beef and break it up with a spoon / spatula into small crumble; once the beef has slightly browned, add in a couple of pinches of salt and pepper, the garlic, the cumin, the cayenne and the cinnamon, and stir to combine; allow the beef to finish browning, then turn the heat off, and turn the seasoned beef mixture out into a bowl; next, add to the beef the cooked brown rice, the black beans, the quartered cherry tomatoes, the chopped cilantro, the sunflower seeds and the orange zest, and combine the ingredients very well; add another pinch of salt if needed, and set the mixture aside for a moment, keeping warm.

The married life is about relishing over small moments, like moving your pillow to the center of the bed while your spouse is out of town.

The other wonderful thing about Small Victories is that you don't need to be an expert to enjoy it; if you're more of a «one recipe kind of a cook» the book features creative ways to reuse recipes, turning your single mastered meal into a multitude of delicious moments.

It is, instead, about being there in the small moments, the moments that matter to our children, and consciously meeting with them right where they are.

But before I post it, I wanted to take a few moments to speak directly with you about a few items, large and small:

But before I post it, I wanted to take a few moments to speak directly with you about a few items, large and small: First, A Thank You... [Continue reading]

It might be that our child falls down, and has a big cry over what looks like a small hurt, because the are actually not just crying about the present moment, but releasing some feelings from past upsets that they didn't cry about at the time.

Growing up like I did, with one toxic parent and another who tried harder but maybe not quite enough, I think about their parenting styles daily as I raise my own child, and it makes me appreciate the smaller moments and the important things that come with parenting kids.

At a small company, people wear many hats, Brix notes: «One moment I'm talking with scientists about new research and the next, I'm working on marketing, sales, or regulatory issues.»

I determined at that moment that having played a small role in bringing it about, I would go all out in helping to make it become a positive factor for humanity.»

This video, taken by amateur astronomer Masayuki Tachikawa of Kumamoto, Japan, shows the moment when the object burned up in the atmosphere (the small flash to the center - left at about 2 seconds).

This technology can zoom in on objects as small as a few nanometers big (a few billionths of a meter wide) and can catch a moment in time to reveal what happens over about 15 nanoseconds (15 billionths of a second long).

It's all on a super small scale because it's about chemical reactions and that can be pretty complicated but let's consider for a moment that every time we have a thought or a sensation, it's due to a series of chemical reactions in our body's cells.

Think for a moment about how small that actually is.

Like last week... I love Pnut butter in small cup of applesauce... recently couldn't find my usual, got an unfamiliar brand... didn't think twice about it... began eating it during a meeting... I was starving and has always been a great food source... but 1 bite of this made me sick within moments... thank God I was able to make it out the door to vomit... but was a rather noisy event others could hear... I was totally embarrassed, but felt as if I would faint... I was shaky, dizzy, sweating profusely....

Lots of small beautiful moments and being present to actually experience them and see how they can be powerful in refuelling you and giving you a whole new boost of energy for the new year that's about to start in only a week from now!

She is so upbeat about life, not taking small things too seriously and always enjoying the moment.

LMBO!!!! Okay after I stopped rolling on my bed laughter I thought about my potty training moments... it took me a lot of patience, consistency, and small praises for the little accomplishments.

I've been loving every single moment over here and have finally, for the first time in forever found myself just smiling about the smallest things such as the sun shining or little puppy passing by.

The blog let them see my small moments; what I was wearing, the things at work I was tackling, and the random person I would run into in a coffee shop that would set me off on a stream of consciousness rambling about life.

As shallow as it can seem, clothes and style are a small pleasure in life that makes me forget (for a moment) about the huge, problems in our society.

Though some of the smaller fashion weeks began showing in August, it's still about next year's fashion trends and not what's happening at the moment.

I am all about the small camera at the moment.

I think about how many more summers I'll have left before my 8 yo little guy doesn't want to hold my hand anymore, or if I'm under - appreciating those small moments when my daughter finally declares domination over the playground monkey bars.

Getting to a place of professional success is as much about the journey as the end goal, and there are a lot of wonderful, small moments along the way that deserve to be savored.

In its best moments, where only small gestures tell us so much about the characters, that's touching and heart - warming, but of course little spectacular and sometimes a little slow.

Threaded throughout the peril is a simple but effective message about familial love, communication, and sacrifice, and there are just enough small moments — for the cast to convey with their faces between major frights — that serve to deepen things ever so slightly.

Well ever since Rockwell picked up best supporting actor, it seemed like it was the night for Three Billboards, a film that many voters might think is a film that speaks to the moment that we're in due to its story about a woman taking on abusers in a small town.

Like Frances Ha, it's about accumulating small life moments, and the importance of relationships that aren't necessarily romantic.

The Player (Robert Altman, 1992) Robert Altman's films are all epic in the interplay between characters, but he's adept enough at the small moments to make you care about every little twist and turn.

Indeed, in any given scene Jack changes his mind about the $ 200,000 heist, preferring to enjoy the moment, whether he's having a beer, surfing, laying naked in bed with the gorgeous Nancy or playing dominoes with Walter and his friends (Harry Dean Stanton and Willie Nelson in wonderful small roles).

Julia Loktev's drama revolves around one small moment, an unexpected encounter on the road that gives a seismic shake not only to the relationship of the central couple (Gael García Bernal and Hani Furstenberg), but also to their ideas about themselves and what they want from each other.

Although in one instance — a party sequence featuring a rather clichéd depiction of Catherine's feelings of claustrophobia in a crowded space — the film falls victim to a heavy - handed narrative choice and unsubtle execution, more often, smaller moments such as Catherine's interactions with Rich, or her reminiscences about the past with Ginny, become crucial in expressing her emotions.

Like the best writers, Lamar pinpoints small moments that illustrate larger points, in his case the kind that springboard into documentary narratives about home and history, about dangers lurking and the power of anger.

An unhurried triptych of stories about women in small - town Montana, Certain Women has the time (and the sense) to let moments hang, as tiny calibrations of feeling pass across...

Forgetting for a moment the movie's many slick but false moves, and the manner in which it contrives to put Palicki in first workout clothes and then a cocktail dress, what's most notable about «Retaliation» is the litany of small indignities it foists upon its big - stakes, wham - bang conceit, like the fact that the American President's national popularity is said to soar after, in the wake of a nuke going missing, he decides to push for a worldwide nuclear disarmament summit; or that Israel — who's never officially admitted to possessing nuclear weapons — is part of the gathering, along with global pariah North Korea.

Mexican best - director winner Guillermo del Toro spoke forcefully about immigration and erasing lines in the sand when he accepted his trophy, while McDormand's big moment was both a rousing act of unity and a telling display of the need for further progress — there was a dismayingly small amount of female nominees there to stand up when called upon.

This is the biggest Marvel Studios film to date — the story plays out on a global scale and the main cast reaches double digits — but many of its best moments are small, throwaway beats: Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), who is cramped in the back of a small car, asking a surly Falcon (Anthony Mackie) to move his seat up; a starstruck Ant - Man (Paul Rudd) so giddy about meeting Captain America (Chris Evans) he practically asks for a selfie; Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) teaching the synthetic Vision (Paul Bettany) how to properly use paprika in a recipe; Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) casually flirting with Aunt May (Marisa Tomei), to the alarm of her nephew Peter Parker (Tom Holland).

What makes these «small» moments crackle is our awareness that Oscar will never experience them again; what should make them linger in our minds is the knowledge that this could be true for any one of us, that you never know when your ticket is about to get punched.