Episode 125: Being a Pause for Someone Else
from Virtual Pause Hosted by Angie Winn
July 29, 2024 In this episode I reflect upon how I can see pausing, or being still, has had a long-term shift in me. I am in a place right now where I am trying to support someone in crisis. I am seeing how just being there for them, just showing up, is actually all they need from me. For our pause practice today, we will identify someone in our life who needs a pause, a breath, healing, some hope. And then we will go through our pause connecting ourselves to the earth, to God, and to them, through surrender, love, and trust. By being present. I mention these words from Ullie Kay Poetry today “The best medicine you can bring for sadness is not joy. It is not telling them that they need to move on or get over it or realize how much worse things could be. No. The medicine for a spirit in mourning is tenderness, and warmth, and compassion, and connection, and presence. Sit with someone in their grief and let them cry their ugly tears. Do not shine and scurry grief away. They must walk through it. This is love. To abandon all that we think we know and be so full of grace that we are invited in to partake in someone else’s darkest moments. What an honor it is to simply be a light. The antidote for sadness is love. It is always love.”
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