Practicing the PAUSE
Practicing the PAUSE!!! The famous French philosopher Blaise Pascal wrote that - “All the unhappiness of men arises from the single fact that they cannot stay quietly in their own room,” Well, that isn’t me . With today’s frenetically fast paced world I find it as an opportunity to put a halt to everything and surprise myself with a PAUSE, and this quote by Pascal amazes me that this PAUSE was equally delighting in the 17th century when Pascal first made that observation. PAUSE is when there comes a moment everything within me resists motion. I love my life and the precious people in it. Yet, suddenly, the very intimacy I cherish feels like a burden I can no longer carry. I want to see myself as a person who is competent and sturdy and kind. And then I am unable to be any of these things. I just can’t plan one more balanced dinner or sit at the table and have one more meaningful conversation with my mom. I can’t anticipate or meet one more need or set one more thing