Living The Pause

LOVE Joins Two Strangers

Ran into Panera Bread to grab lunch QUICKLY! The innocent smile and kind
words expressed by the gentlemen behind the counter were my proof in that
moment that LOVE IS ABSOLUTELY ALIVE in the business of living in the
world. I was grateful. Turns out he was in training and was a bit challenged
putting my order in the computer. In a split second, I switched from LOVE
to impatience.

“Oh no, I thought” “how long is this going to take.”

PAUSING SAVES TIME.
STEPPING BACK SAVES AGGRAVATION.
STEPPING ASIDE to LISTEN to LOVE SAVES ME from DOING SOMETHING
UNHELPFUL.
LETTING INSPIRATION GUIDE and FOLLOWING SAVES RELATIONSHIPS.

Heading out the door we encountered one another again, our eyes met,
we smiled, and
THE LOVE JOINING US WAS PALPABLE.
Best lunch I’ve had in a long time!

Both Feet In

Sharing by Mary ~ Serenity and Sanity

I began this new year with a truly eye-opening experience.
An experience, that I can only call A MIRACLE!

If I choose to fully receive this miracle so that I may live it,
it guarantees daily serenity and sanity.

In a moment of inner turmoil, I feel nagged by the sense of an inner divide.

I decide to pause for help and ask This Inner Wisdom whose Light has
clarified things for me before, “What is this turmoil about?” I hear the following:

“Mary, you have one foot in your life and one foot out of your life. One foot
out the door in the world invested in ego plans, and one foot in
Inspiration in the LIFE that TRULY IS YOUR LIFE.”

Immediately I knew this was true. One foot out as an escape hatch!
It’s crazy! It explains this experience of an inner divide, feeling split if you will,
and as a result, dissatisfied. So, we seek “fulfillment” elsewhere. Perhaps in a different
job or situation, a distracting activity, a new “commitment”, or
maybe another path altogether.
Even while knowing from experience that most of the time none of these alternatives
bring anything except bewilderment and the return of the inner divide.

WHERE DO YOU HAVE ONE FOOT OUT THE DOOR?

Is your “Yes” actually more of a “Maybe”?

The part of the mind in the dark has conditioned us that if we approach
relationships (of all kinds), careers, jobs, activities,
new endeavors, our health, etc. with one foot out the door,
this supposedly allows us to
keep all our options open giving us “freedom” to change our mind.

I can bail out and do things my way as often as I like based on fleeting emotions.
These are the lines of the cubicle mind to which we fall prey.
All the while I am not free at all.
Far from it.

WITH A PAUSE FOR PEACE OF MIND, instead of falling through the gap of an
inner divide, I can bask in SERENITY and SANITY ~ Peace.
This Peace is not the result of my understanding.
This Peace is the fruit of taking that foot that is out the door,
joining it with your other foot, and placing
Both Feet In the Wisdom of Inspiration.
It’s a practice in TRUST! One step at a time.

Across the Bright

Sharing by Mary

I am by no means a poet, writer, or author.
I am simply choosing to Pause for Inspiration
throughout an ordinary day.
I notice what I hear, see, and experience.
Passing it along to you.

Peace Be With Us All

When our light burns bright,
shining for free,
the space we feel between us,
falls away in The LOVE
within you and me.
What we once experienced as distance,
current strife and pain from the past,
becomes a bridge of Light,
upon which our burdens have been cast.
Casting our thoughts into This Light
burning our burdens into ash,
we no longer need to worry
about some future backlash.
So often it seems,
we turn away from This Light,
taking control of the trip,
planning our flight.
The Light sets us free
from confusion and doubt.
Certainty is found
as we cease running about.
Searching finds its finish once and for all,
responding to This Inner Light
becomes our daily call.
The Light creates the way,
such is the path ahead.
In my willingness to let go,
my skin is finally shed.
No one can force us to shine our light,
we can stand our ground in darkness
or find an anchor in This Light.
We can live in emptiness and shadows
or glide across the Bright.