Recently, I had the honor of writing an article for MCWEN (Minority Christian Women Entrepreneurs Network). In this article, I shared that we must take moments to pause. I believe pause breaks are so important. Let’s take a moment to talk about “Practice Pause Breaks.”
What do I mean by practicing pause breaks? Why should we take moments to practice the pause? You see there are so many things in life that are impacting us. We must be intentional and recognize our need to decide to practice pause breaks. For me, it means taking a moment to breathe, consider, and pray. It is when we take a pause, we can pay more attention to not being too quick in our decision-making.
How many of us go about our days and never stop to take a moment to pause, breathe, consider, and pray. For some of us, we might be very quick to overthink what we are facing, or we may take things too lightly. When we practice the pause, we become more aware of everything. We pay attention to what is happening in a different way and may even gain a clearer perspective which leads us in a totally different way. We may avoid pitfalls this way and things we may regret afterward.
I believe when you take a moment to pray to God, you learn to watch your response. Practicing the pause teaches you to ‘think before doing.’ You learn to gain self control. You also pay attention to not be quick to react to others.
I would love to hear your story. Do you practice the pause? Do you see the need and importance of taking breaks. Have you seen the difference when you have not taken a moment to practice the pause? Thank you for taking moments with me.
You can read my article “The Importance Of Pause Breaks” on MCWEN
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Wow I need to do this! I’m guilty of being on the go all the time and then simultaneously overthinking things! I’m going to practice this! Thank you!
Thank you Katherine for you honest comments. I am so glad that you were encouraged to practice the pause. I believe it will be beneficial and would love to hear how it helped after implementing this. I am working on it too. I appreciate you taking moments with me on my blog.
Fabulous and insightful reminder to take a pause and pay more attention to our decisions. I love the idea to pause, pray, and reflect before any decision-making.
I am working on this area and wanted to bring encouragement on this important topic. It was an honor to also write a guest post too on this topic on MCWEN. Thank you so much for your comments and taking moments to read my blog.
I really needed to read this! I am always on the go and always plugged into technology that just taking that much needed pause doesn’t come naturally to me! Reminders are definitely key
You are right we each can find ourselves constantly going and in need of unplugging and taking a pause. I appreciate you reading and sharing your thoughts. It is important that we recognize our need to practice the pause.
I love this idea; it is very important to think before we speak, and even more important to pause and pray. Thank you for sharing!
I really appreciate you taking moments with me to read and share your thoughts. So agree it is vital to breathe, pause and pray. It helps us in our words and actions.
Think before doing is so key.
Definitely pause and think before you do. Thank you for taking moments with me to read and share your thoughts.
I think taking a moment to pause is such an important part in life. A simple but powerful habit! Thanks for sharing.
Absolutely, it is so important to have this habit. I sincerely appreciate you taking moments with me to read and share your thoughts.