This episode continues our exploration of “pause” by inviting stories of models or exemplars of pause. Who comes to mind and heart as practicing pause as an act of love? As solitude? As an expression of care or connection? Rest and renewal? Simply noticing? We hear stories of a wide range of inspiration around pause -- where it can come from, what it can consist of, and how it can make for deep and necessary change: work colleagues, family members, animals, children, music. And how about pause as resistance or justice-seeking? Or, in a world where the need and yearning for justice is constant, where there’s always WORK to be done, what keeps pause from being simply an indulgence that’s available only to those who can afford it? In an average human lifespan of “4000 weeks,” is there really room for pause? As you’ll hear, the consequences are greater and even more dire if we don’t pause. It’s at the heart and soul of who the broken world needs us to be as we live fully into our callings, into the invitation to be fully alive and present to the world right in front of us.
