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The pause is the practice

You think the work is the response.

The work is the pause before the response. The half-second where the old pattern reaches for the wheel and you choose, slowly, not to let it drive.

That pause is everything.

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You Are the Love You Seek

365 Days of Self-Love, Healing, and Becoming

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