Dare to Experience the Pause

Your worth is inherent
not in what you do,
but in who you already are.

Time away from home is so enlightening. But on my most recent trip, the lesson came when I returned to my inner and outer place of refuge - my home.

This return to home was a powerful reminder of how delicious it can be to stop and pause long enough to appreciate those things we already have in our experience that bring us the most joy. When you do this, you are then allowing yourself the power of the savor. 'The savor' is what I call the experience that I had for the next seven days as I went about savoring the space in which I reside - the beauty, the quiet, the cleanliness, the order, the bright sunshine, the good (strong!) coffee, the perfect bed, my dog, the wildlife - all the things that, for me, make my home the most perfect place for me to live in and create from.

What in your life do you savor?

What does it take for you to pause?

What are your requirements for peace, dear one?

This is the million dollar question, because when you can answer it from a place of inner-knowing, you will feel as if you have a million dollars.


How do we pause in such a crazy world?


Let's make this easy. You are able to return back to your center just by taking a conscious breath. The breath is one of the most powerful forces we all can access which allows us to achieve all we came here to do.

As Esther Hicks writes in Getting into the Vortex - A User's Guide, "Many assume that the process of breathing is only about your physical nature, but that is not the case. The process of breathing is much more than an essential function of your physical body. Indeed, it is the flowing of Spirit to you, and through you. That is the reason that when the focusing of Spirit through your physical body ceases, your breathing ceases also."

When I read this it instantly made sense to me why I always have my clients start with a deep breath when they are spinning about an issue or a problem. You simply do not have access to your inner knowledge when you are disconnected from your own source of true power. Breathing consciously accomplishes this in short order.

The pause can be a breath, it can be a week of laying low, or it can be an entire winter season when your natural impulses encourage you to hibernate. Whichever pause you choose, if chosen in a conscious manner, each provides the same benefits to you. You will come out the other side of the pause refreshed, regenerated and back in touch with your own natural resourcefulness.

Be true to your own self, for that
is where your true strength resides.

As your worldly responsibilities stack up against your innate desire to pause or rest this season, remember the above truth and allow who you are to rest in this most sacred pause. It is from the pause that you will restore your natural strengths and be able to then create the success that is inherently yours with ease and grace.