--- title: "1 Meant Living Quotes By Roger Housden" description: "1 Meant Living quotes by Roger Housden. Plus more from Roger Housden and more Meant Living sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ea/roger-housden-11285_life_all-i-know-lying-in-this-bed-or-not-lyin_2635089.jpg" --- > [“All I know, lying in this bed or not lying here, is that this is the life that was given to me. The life that throbs along through any and all of my moments: this is it! If ever I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-housden/all-i-know-lying-in-this-bed-or-not-lying-here-is-that-this-is-the/) [Roger Housden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-housden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ea/roger-housden-11285_life_all-i-know-lying-in-this-bed-or-not-lyin_2635089.jpg) ## More by Roger Housden > [When we fall utterly, something gathers us up. But our falling must be without reservation, without expectation, without hope, though not hopeless. You cant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-housden/when-we-fall-utterly-something-gathers-us-up-but-our-falling-must-be/) [Roger Housden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-housden/) > [Everything constantly changes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-housden/everything-constantly-changes/) [Roger Housden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-housden/) > [When we turn our gaze to the inside, it becomes difficult to locate this familiar sense of self. To overcome that fear we need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-housden/when-we-turn-our-gaze-to-the-inside-it-becomes-difficult-to-locate/) [Roger Housden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-housden/) > [People around us change and circumstances change. We can often find ourselves struggling against those things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-housden/people-around-us-change-and-circumstances-change-we-can-often-find/) [Roger Housden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-housden/) > [I bring my attention to my hands on the steering wheel and notice how the chatter in my mind begins to fall away as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-housden/i-bring-my-attention-to-my-hands-on-the-steering-wheel-and-notice-how/) [Roger Housden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-housden/) > [We live in an age of knowledge, with the great god Google, that we can refer to at any time on any subject.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-housden/we-live-in-an-age-of-knowledge-with-the-great-god-google-that-we-can/) [Roger Housden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-housden/) > [When we're fully engaged in the present moment, no matter what we're doing, the question of meaning never seems to arise. It's because we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-housden/when-we-re-fully-engaged-in-the-present-moment-no-matter-what-we-re/) [Roger Housden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-housden/) > [The natural wish and impetus to feel oneself to be an individual, to be special, includes standing out more than anyone else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-housden/the-natural-wish-and-impetus-to-feel-oneself-to-be-an-individual-to/) [Roger Housden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-housden/) > [Struggle has a natural place in our life, but the fight or flight syndrome is often false struggle. There are times for that but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-housden/struggle-has-a-natural-place-in-our-life-but-the-fight-or-flight/) [Roger Housden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-housden/) > [I live in California, where there's a lot of driving entailed. I'm usually going somewhere to be on time to meet someone so I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-housden/i-live-in-california-where-there-s-a-lot-of-driving-entailed-i-m/) [Roger Housden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-housden/) > [I don't think one can run out and try and chase love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-housden/i-don-t-think-one-can-run-out-and-try-and-chase-love/) [Roger Housden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-housden/) > [When the heart opens, we forget ourselves and the world pours in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-housden/when-the-heart-opens-we-forget-ourselves-and-the-world-pours-in/) [Roger Housden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-housden/) > [We have to be on time every day for one thing or another, so how can we be on time and yet not in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-housden/we-have-to-be-on-time-every-day-for-one-thing-or-another-so-how-can/) [Roger Housden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-housden/) > [Most of us make an effort to do and be the best we can be, which leads to a distinction we need to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-housden/most-of-us-make-an-effort-to-do-and-be-the-best-we-can-be-which-leads/) [Roger Housden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-housden/) > [The more we enter our own gifts, the more we feel that sense of proportion. In that sense, I think our life lies in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-housden/the-more-we-enter-our-own-gifts-the-more-we-feel-that-sense-of/) [Roger Housden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-housden/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/meant-living/roger-housden/#itemlist", "name": "1 Meant Living Quotes By Roger Housden", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“All I know, lying in this bed or not lying here, is that this is the life that was given to me. The life that throbs along through any and all of my moments: this is it! If ever I wonder what my life was meant to look like, I have only to look around me. This, whatever I am doing or not doing, is what it is. This, right here, is as good as it gets! Your \"one wild and precious life,\" as Mary Oliver says. 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