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You are invited to a place called Radical Acceptance. Directions: Go to the stop sign. (Ok, then read below.)
“In our lives we often find ourselves in situations we can’t control, circumstances in which none of our strategies work. Helpless and distraught, we frantically try to manage what is happening…”
Instead of reacting, planning, worrying, talking, rushing, fearing, adjusting, distracting, acting, avoiding, hiding, managing, minimizing…
PAUSE.
“…Learning to pause is the first step in the practice of Radical Acceptance. A pause is a suspension of activity, a time of temporary disengagement when we are no longer moving towards any goal. The pause can occur in the midst of almost any activity and can last for an instant, for hours or for seasons of our life…. When we pause, we don’t know what will happen next. But by disrupting our habitual behaviors, we open to the possibility of new and creative ways of responding to our wants and fears…”
This piece on The Sacred Pause, suggested by Fahd Vahidy (Cohort 7), comes from Tara Brach, Ph.D. and blends Western psychology with Eastern spiritual practices for full, compassionate engagement with our world.