B R E A T H E Inhale Inspiration ~ Exhale Dissatisfaction ~ What do you do when you feel out of sync? Just a twinge of dissatisfaction gnawing beneath the surface? It's a summer afternoon walk and I'm feeling out of sync, head drooping down, eyes staring at my...
Read MoreLaying My Gavel Down Say someone has different opinions than me on a particular subject. I needn't condemn that person. (Though that can be my first reaction!) I have condemned and it's very uncomfortable because when I condemn another, I condemn myself. With PAUSE I am practicing...
Read MoreYOUR INSPIRED SELF HAS ALL THE MOVES We need no special place, no special time, no special circumstances to pause. If it's one thing the cubicle heart ÷ mind has it's PLENTY OF CIRCUMSTANCES. IT HAS circumstances and SITUATIONS and PROBLEMS and TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES and SNAGS and TEARS and IFS,...
Read MoreWITHOUT LIFTING A FINGER I Can Be Truly Helpful Without lifting a finger I can be truly helpful as I am willing to pause, step back from my me-character heart ÷ mind, and see you with my Inspired Heart ∞ Mind > my mind with the LIGHT...
Read MoreBeing truly helpful? "WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME?" the cubicle self queries. The only reason we ask this question when the INspired Heart∞Mind is nudging us to wake up, is because we feel depleted and we are looking for something to fill us up. ONE DAY we find ourselves...
Read MoreGrace upon grace upon grace a love that does not vanish a freedom that cannot be stolen a forever welcome Willing to receive and rest in this most truly helpful grace that allows me to be more gentle and loving with myself and others. SHARE the grace...
Read MoreSimple, Uncomplicated LOVE I Paused For LOVE this afternoon because I had become aware of a "wall" in my mind that was interfering with helpful communication - both understanding and feeling understood. In the Pause, I pulled out my legal pad and wrote the words, "simple,...
Read MorePausing for Wisdom is easily applicable and potentially beneficial no matter what one's point of view How are we to know how our decisions, seeming large or small, will affect our own life and the lives of others? This is the point, we do not know everything and...
Read MoreWhat a relief. What a relief to pause. Pause instead of judge. Pause instead of talk. Pause instead of analyze. The greatest obstacle to pausing is judging (pg. 70). The Question Is This We all judge. Before my judging begins or as I notice my judging is in full swing, I...
Read MoreStop Turning Ridiculousness Into More Ridiculousness WORRY! Worry is mistakenly viewed as a way to protect myself from harm. All safety begins in the mind. A mind at peace is a mind that is safe. As feelings of vulnerability arise, be open to Inspiration living inside of me...
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