365 Pause Practices – Day 95

  ONE ~ THE BREATH I shared on Sunday's Pause Post about "The Faces of Inspiration".THE BREATH is ONE of these FACES andIS a POWERFUL ENTRY POINT INTO THE PAUSE ~ Do you ever listen to your breath? It reflects the Quiet Whisper of Inspiration. Being present with our natural breathing...

365 Pause Practices – Day 94

  Grateful to Mary Kirkou for the above artwork on most posts! The Grace of Gratitude practicing gratitude re-MINDed me of SOMETHING ESSENTIAL In my quieting pause this morning, gratitude filtered its way into my beingness! It was quite exciting.Sure I consider myself a grateful personand in this pause, I...

365 Pause Practices – Day 93

  Inspiration Is Universal The Faces of Inspiration are Many, Including Yours No one is without Inspiration as Inspiration is with us from our beginning; caressing the faces of all, showering its Peace upon them. In friends and foes, in all kinds, lie the Faces of Inspiration. "Be willing...

365 Pause Practices – Day 92

  Remember Being A Kid? Sometimes I feel like a kid ~ for better or for worse! Childhood. Sure, some of it we would just as soon forget. I REMEMBER: summer breezes in my hair on my bike flying down a hill smelling my mother's authentic Italian cooking splashing our bare feet...

365 Pause Practices – Day 91

  Inspiration In Motion Read my story below "Who Is This Crazy Woman?" We have spoken of the stillness we can find in Inspiration,yet Inspiration also inspires us into action!I imagine we all experience those moments in whichwe feel moved into action ~ moved to say or do...

365 Pause Practices – Day 90

  Pause Is A Present HOPE Hope is experiencing that all is well right now ~not because of something spectacular that you haveaccomplished in your past or have yet to accomplish,rather because of the Something Spectacularthat is accomplishing itself in you.page 13 Pause Yellow Book Hungry for Hope? Hope...

365 Pause Practices – Day 89

  Responding to Suffering our own and others ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Grace can and has been revealed to me in my suffering as I am willing to receive the help grace extends. Tears are a bridge across the waters of darkness. In this human experience, we will suffer. This is...

365 Pause Practices – Day 88

  Needing to Be Right is a Losing Battle most of the time So many of our everyday interactions and communications relate to the need to point out to another person, "I'm right and you're wrong." Somehow, someway we want to find a way to shame that person,...

365 Pause Practices – Day 87

  Step Aside The decision to invite Inner Stillness to Help Allow stillness to replace the chatter. Rest in quiet patience. Open to receiving Stillness. Put forth your questions, thoughts, feelings, and concerns about anyone, anything appearing large or small, important or seemingly unimportant. Am I willing to ask Inner Stillness: "Is there...

365 Pause Practices – Day 86

  EVERYDAY OPERATIONS pages 187 - 188 Pause Yellow Book Download The cubicle self is Unaware of The Pause: I bolt into the day with MY agendas or dread the day with or without an agenda I waste time EXPLAINING my behavior No one is listening to ME No one receives help I...