~ PAUSE ~
Put a Bandaid on it!

Shared by Natalie

Do you ever ignore Inner Wisdom?

Sharing The Pause Practices and Pause free books and practice
materials with participants at the Better Family Life Job and Resource
Fair recently, I kept finding myself struggling with the box
full of our purple plastic bags we give to our customers to hold
their Pause goodies.

The box was flimsy and falling apart.

As I observed myself interacting with this failing box
over and over again,
I began to laugh at myself
remembering something that had happened earlier in the week…

I had been given a direct opportunity
to put the bags into a different, sturdier box,
BUT
instead of flowing with that moment and following inner Wisdom,
~because I was tired~
I opted to put some tape on the box and quickly patched it up.

I put a Bandaid on it!

> NOTE: The Pause Crew is sweating profusely at this
swelteringly hot outdoor event >

> Participants, our customers, are lined up eagerly willing to
receive their Truly Helpful Pause goodies >

! And the tape on the box was coming undone !

! The box was sweating and falling apart !

! Bags are spilling out !

. . .

Choosing to Pause…

…and Transferring those bags into a fresh
new box before the event could have
saved me time in the long run!

…I am reminded that temporary fixes
will never outlast the wise solution
that comes from Inspiration Within.

And that’s my lesson.

Pause ~ Listen ~ Follow

to save time and energy in your day!

PAUSE is not a timeout.

Pause is a time ~ in.

A rest in the space of peace, of possibility, a conflict-free zone.
No chaos. No division. A space from which to listen. A space from which
you can receive what to think, say, and do, or not.

PAUSE is the first move. To pause is to begin again.

The Pause Practice comes in 4 important steps.

Here is the FIRST STEP you can practice now if you so choose!

Let’s Begin

PAUSE

The decision to stop in this moment.

I AM WILLING

to experience my calm, quiet mind.

BEGIN

with a one ~ moment pause.

REST

Continue pausing for as long as you choose.

Apply this Pause Practice in any communication,
relationship, activity, situation, and circumstance.

Wherever you are, whatever you are doing, and whomever
you are with, you can pause.

Watch what happens!

Grateful for you,
Mary

Help for Peace of Mind

I am certain that if more of us applied the Pause For LOVE Practice

everyday with communications, relationships, activities,

decisions, situations, and circumstances,

everyone’s mental healthy would be drastically improved!

That goes for applying the Pause for My Peace of Mind Practice, too!

Hands down. No doubt. More LOVE.

I am willing.

How about you?

If you do nothing with this book after
reading it, that will be fine, as it will have
done something worthwhile within you.
And this you will take with you wherever
you go. It is a message without pompous
appeal, mass appeal or worldly appeal.
Certainty seldom reveals itself to those
who do not want to hear it. LOVE is
certainty. The choice to hear is always
ours.

Excerpt, Pause Golden Book, Page 7

May is Mental Health Awareness Month

The Unveiling of LOVE

any ordinary day

Shared by Mary

Something is shifting in my daily life. At several recent events that Pause
participated in, I put Pause to the test! I decided to truly use The 4-Decisions
Practice of Pause while interacting. The result was immediate > a direct experience
of the Expanding Capacity of LOVE. Together, our willingness to pause,
step back from our dashing, open to Something Wonderful, and ride this
wave, allowed for an experience of Real LOVE blossoming. The JOY given
and received in our willingness to be present with
one another, to listen, encourage, and allow our eyes to
meet assured us that it’s okay to pause!

Though seemingly diverse events, everyone was seeking the same thing ~
LOVE, HEALING, CONNECTION. An inquiring 11-year-old girl asks to meet up
with me for 1:1 mentoring, a weary woman caregiving for her parents asks if Pause
can help her with the challenges she’s facing, an elementary school principal invites
Pause to share with teachers, students, and parents, university students studying
for final exams wanting calm and focus, young men interested in opening to their
inner Wisdom, an organization helping with suicide prevention, and simply ordinary people living their everyday lives, are some of the individuals the Pause
Crew Truly Encountered recently while sharing The Pause Practices.

The common thread running through all of these encounters was the direct
and tangible experience of LOVE BEING LIVED in daily life. Awareness of
our connectedness to one another translates into healing one another.

This experience is fully available to everyone while living our daily lives.

~ Pausing ~
In the Midst of Everyday Life

while on Vacation!

Shared by Natalie

I’ve been practicing the Pause Practice for
~3 years now…

….and what I’m finding as I become more aware of my thoughts is that I can
potentially spend an exorbitant amount of time worrying about the past or
anxious about the future.

The Pause Practice helps me Pause in the Midst of this nonsense so I can
enjoy the present moment.

Today I’m sharing an experience where I became anxious
about an upcoming excursion I took in Jamaica called
the Luminous Lagoon. 

The Luminous Lagoon…

…is where the Martha Brae River flows into the Carribean Sea.

When the fresh water from the river combines with the salt water
of the Sea, a natural phenomenon occurs creating an eerie glow in
the water. At night, the lagoon sparkles and glistens when
disturbed by fish, swimmers, and boats.

My friend, Pat and I, signed up for an evening tour where we could
swim in the waters and experience it first hand.

~ ~ ~

But I noticed as the excursion began to draw near that
I started to experience anxiety about it.

My mind became clouded by thoughts of the experience being at night, the
water being “brackish”, warm, shallow, and murky. Truthfully, my mind began
to wonder if sharks could be in the water.

I found myself sitting on a lounge chair by the pool surrounded by palm trees,
fresh air, Jamaican music telling me “don’t worry, every little thing is gonna be
alright” and yet I sat there Googling shark attacks in Jamaica.

Becoming aware of my thoughts, I began to laugh at myself,
and realized I needed to do the Pause Practice immediately.
I could see where this worrying business was going…
it was a one-way ticket to ruining my upcoming excursion.

I began to read through the Pause Practice every time I found
myself thinking in this unhelpful way. Eventually, my Inspired Self
was able to come forward and I was reminded of
why I signed up to do the excursion in the first place. Ahh, Pausing
brings great relief!

The evening of the excursion…

..as I wiggled my fingers on the
surface of the water I was overjoyed
as sparkles danced up my arms and
all around.

And as I swam, the water became
illuminated by every movement of
my arms and feet.

I was fully immersed in the
moment and the experience was
truly magical.

The Pause Practice helped me
get out of my own way, so I
could truly enjoy the present
moment.

Pause to Enjoy the Moment

A Life Worth Living

sharing by mary

In my still, quiet pausing today I am simply willing to open to PEACE.
Thoughts arise ~ I return to PEACE.
Feelings come and go ~ I return to PEACE.
Continual returning to PEACE.
In PEACE I become aware of LOVE.
In LOVE I become aware of a life worth living.

Pause Today?

How to experience a life worth living?

Let LOVE, love me

So I can love myself

Love myself so I can love others

Receiving LOVE shows me HOW to love

Now I am creating a LIFE WORTH LIVING!

The cycle of giving and receiving LOVE
is a practice in daily life!

FORGIVING THE THORN IN MY FLESH
Sharing by Mary

Imagine you are walking along the beach and you’ve been given the
opportunity to access your Inner Wisdom, the Voice for LOVE in you ~ the embodiment
of LOVE however that appears for you. Like meeting with a true friend and sipping
coffee on a rainy day, time disappearing as your conversation flows without boundaries.
Nothing is off-limits. A rare connection with someone you may have just encountered or
known for years ~ time is not of the essence. Knowing and being known is.

That’s a way of pausing to access Inner Wisdom. The other day I was
prompted to imagine sitting on a bench alongside LOVE ~ the presence of the One who
loves and knows me completely and does not judge. LOVE doesn’t mince words and
went straight to the core of an error in belief about myself that I didn’t fully realize I
was clinging to, and more importantly, that I was letting rule my daily life and drive me
into the despair caused by judging myself and judging others.

Then something wonderful happened!

Here is some of that conversation:

At this moment, the “secure” safe I keep inside of me that holds
unhelpful hidden beliefs and shame, that safe was unlocked.

I can no longer hide from LOVE’s knowing, LOVE’s desire to help and heal.
LOVE hit the nail on the head excavating a deep-rooted, yet
just beneath the surface of my awareness mistaken belief I hold about myself.

Me: Well, I feel that! This is the thorn in my flesh ~ that I am a failure. I’ve tried
removing this thorn on my own many times. I’ve tried everything to get rid of this
thorn!

LOVE: This is my job. Only truth can heal error. Let Me forgive you.

Me: You don’t want to forgive me.

LOVE: I am not forgiving you for being a failure. That is just another error in your
thinking. There is no truth in it. I am forgiving you because you think you are a
failure, not because you have in any way failed. It is in your accepting my forgiveness
that this thorn in your flesh will be removed.

Me: I do. I accept your forgiveness of my mistaken belief that I am a failure.

LOVE: No amount of “achievements” as you so call them in your world, could begin
to remedy one’s crucial need to accept LOVE’s forgiveness, to let LOVE forgive you
for all of those untrue~unloving beliefs about yourself. Be free of them.

Me: I find that I am willing to accept LOVE’s forgiveness. To lay this false belief and
judgment of who I am at the feet of LOVE. Maybe for the first time in my life, I
experienced This LOVE truly lifting my mistakes off of me, and I let LOVE see the
truth about me, which is that I am Pure LOVE, nothing less, nothing more.

I Pause, Step Back from the lies I believe about myself, Step Aside to welcome LOVE,
and truly accept forgiveness ~ receiving the truth about what LOVE says about me. I
will need to continue pausing to remember the truth of who I am and that LOVE IS
TRUTH. Such is why we are called to LOVE. In this practice, burdens~untruth are
lifted and only Peace remains.

What are the thorns in your flesh that you unknowingly treasure,
believe, and to which you are tethered?
Pause, and receive LOVE’s forgiveness for these mistaken beliefs.

LOVE’s forgiveness AND your accepting AND truly receiving
this forgiveness removes the thorns in your flesh.
Let them be removed.

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Even in darkness, trusting This LOVE is with us, letting
This LOVE love us, will help us always and all ways.

Inspired Spontaneity!

I experience Inspired Spontaneity as letting Love, Wisdom, Peace, and
Joy move through me and be expressed in the moment, sharing This
Love, Peace, Wisdom, and Joy with others while living everyday life.

sharing by mary

Spontaneity, letting LIFE flow, is essential to how I experience my life.
How’s your spontaneity going?
I often decide to let to-do, schedules, responsibilities, and other people keep
me from expressing my Inspired Spontaneity. When I do,
everyday life becomes a total drag ~ UGH.

Inspired Spontaneity turns life into LIVING

What might happen if you let yourself be spontaneous?