A Simple Yet Profound Pause

“There is something wonderfully bold and liberating about saying yes to our entire imperfect and messy life.”― Tara Brach, Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha

“May I be filled with lovingkindness; may I be held in lovingkindness.
May I feel safe and at ease.
May I feel protected from inner and outer harm.
May I be happy.
May I accept myself just as I am.
May I touch deep, natural peace.
May I know the natural joy of being alive.
May I find true refuge within my own being.
May my heart and mind awaken; may I be free.”
― Tara Brach, True Refuge: Finding Peace and Freedom in Your Own Awakened Heart

A pause.
To open.
Observe.
Inquire.
Rest.
Reset.
Allow.
Shift attention.
Create intention.
Invite.
Lovingkindness.
Like the tide, moving in and out.
Breathing.
Nowhere to be than in this moment.
The joy of being alive.
The awareness of thin spaces.
The mountains meeting the sky.
Transcendent woven in ordinary time.
In a simple pause.
Profound.

“Mindfulness is the intentional process of paying attention, without judgment, to the unfolding”― Tara Brach, True Refuge: Finding Peace and Freedom in Your Own Awakened Heart