a place of encounter

“Any place is sacred ground, for it can become a place of encounter with the divine Presence.”
― David Steindl-Rast, A Listening Heart: The Spirituality of Sacred Sensuousness

“Try pausing right before and right after undertaking a new action, even something simple like putting a key in a lock to open a door. Such pauses take a brief moment, yet they have the effect of decompressing time and centering you.”― David Steindl-Rast

There’s a difference between pausing and delay.
Pausing marks time, widens the view, abundance overflows, gratitude ensues.
Delaying too long, narrows the view, scarcity overflows, options few.
Pause, center, come alive, deep breath, re-enter made new, create, contribute, give, receive.
The dance of pause and movement.
Sacred ground.

“Sometimes people get the mistaken notion that spirituality is a separate department of life, the penthouse of existence. But rightly understood, it is a vital awareness that pervades all realms of our being… Wherever we may come alive, that is the area in which we are spiritual.”― David Steindl-Rast