PRACTICE THE PAUSE

What better advice can we be mindful of than to PAUSE?  I think it's our nature to respond to the unexpected with a knee-jerk reaction, or in an unthinking way. 

"Life is a weird thing because it puts roadblocks in front of you, sometimes you gotta go through it, sometimes you gotta go around it, sometimes you gotta take a pause and look back at what you're gonna do, have a plan."  ~Israel Murray

"Give yourself the permission to pause to create sacred space--the space to consciously choose how you want to respond to any situation."  ~Dr. Debra Reble

"Pause before you respond to any situation.  Pause longer if it is a negative one."  ~Sunita Biddu

"The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause."  ~Mark Twain

"Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy."

"Let's stop telling each other how busy we are."

"Silence is something more than just a pause.  It is that enchanted place where space is cleared and time is stayed and the horizon itself expands.  In silence, we say, we can hear ourselves think; but what is truer to say is that in silence we can hear ourselves not think....In silence, we might better say, we can hear someone else think."  ~Pico Iyer 

"I am annoyed by individuals who are embarrassed by pauses in conversation.  To me, every conversational pause refreshes."  ~George Sanders

"A photograph is the pause button of life."

"Prioritize your pause.  Practice being calm when you feel like you're being challenged or tested.  Overreacting only creates regret.  Take a few hours or days for things to clear out.  Be emotionally intelligent so you can be in the right state of mind to make better choices.  ~Idil Ahmed