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A Sense of Belonging ~ Even with strangers?
Mary Lenihan

When is the last time you experienced a sense of Belonging?
"If people didn't have this coffee shop to come to, I am not sure where they would go for community," said a barista during one of our occasional, but immediately connected, deep, and brief conversations. It is often at that coffee shop, the local deli, the doctor's waiting room, and numerous other places of daily activities that I experience a profound sense of belonging with those we call "strangers".

Standing in line at the neighborhood deli I noticed an older man a few feet away seeming perfectly content, unlike myself, as I was in my usual hurried mode and feeling a bit lonely. As I gathered raspberry cookies and chocolate covered pineapple off the enticing shelves, I looked at him and said something about all the goodies I was balancing in my hands and he said, "That-a girl!" Instantaneously, I felt my father's presence." My dad always said, "That-a girl" cheering me on. "Thanks," I responded, "I needed a 'That-a girl' today". Together we got it ~ we felt we belonged.

The noise, the crowd, the moods and personalities,
none of it interfered
with our genuinely connecting with one another.

I asked him, "Are you in line?" He responded, "Well, I am trying to get in line but it's so crowded I'm not sure how to get through the crowd." I showed him the way and people all stepped back to help him get in line. Now, we all belonged!

It is that simple to experience a sense of belonging.
To move from disconnection, loneliness, or divisiveness to
Awareness of our True Connection.
From feeling a-part to being WHOLE.

This is what Using One of The Pause Practices
Wherever you are,
Whatever you are doing,
and
Whoever you are with
CAN DO!

THE TONE OF YOUR WHOLE DAY CAN SHIFT &
you will lift up someone else as well.

Stop Resisting ~ Pause Instead?

In all honesty, I have to say, I am surprised how deep a connection can happen with strangers. I find the Presence of a loving LOVE, and a recognition that we all belong to This LOVE, no matter what ~ in The Pause. This is showing me that I can Pause even more with family, friends, coworkers. . .

The Pause is full of surprises!

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Did You Know There is a Second Pause?

Pause: I trust that there is a Peace and a Knowing greater than what I am thinking, yet still within me.

Found on Step 4 of The 4 Decisions Practice >
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Sharing by Mary

This Second Pause is worth practicing. One pause is often not enough for me. I have to pause, pause, and pause! In taking simply a one moment pause, I immediately return to the feelings, thoughts, and judgments that I had before my pausing! They are more familiar. I have played this scene before, and know my lines.

1. Am I willing to cut that scene out.
2. Am I willing to Step Back and open to unfamiliar territory.
3. Am I willing to Step Aside to lower my mask, drop the script, and receive Inspiration so I can see a Wiser Way?
4. Am I willing to follow inner Wisdom and trek the HIGH ROAD?

The Second Pause is a practice in Humility.

Real Quick, lets break it down!

Who do you trust? Trust is the recognition that there is Something Greater within me, a Peace, who knows who I truly am, contrary to all ego evidence telling me that I am something other than, less than, who I truly am. How does one practice trusting this Peace?

Choose to Lean into Love instead of fear.
Literally feel yourself leaning into Peace,
the way you lean into a tree.
Let yourself feel supported.

Here's the deal. Take it or leave it!

ACCEPT or DECLINE

You distrust Inspiration Within because you have
forgotten the "Within" part.
You believe in an Inspiring Love, or not,
that is somehow on the outside ~
somewhere outside of you waiting to
rain down on your head, for better or worse.
That is untruth.
The truth is that
Love lives inside of you, all around you,
and everywhere in between.
You are not separate from This PEACE.
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Believe this, or do not believe this.
The fact is, in this life
you will either come to hate/fear Love because
you have not been willing to come to know Love
OR
you will be indifferent towards Love
which is the same as hate/fear
OR
you will come to Love.

It is in letting Love love you,
that you are able to love yourself.
In loving yourself, you are now able to love others.
Such is how one comes to know Love.

One Way to Experience Peace and Knowing?

Pause, I am willing to ask
This Peace and Knowing to reveal itself within me now.
Be still. Receive.
Repeat . . .

Greater than what I am thinking? Take no offense. This me-character gets easily offended defending its way of perceiving and thinking. True Knowing, on the other hand, extends this Vast View, seeing us as more worthy than we see ourselves. Our field of vision expands.

Yet still within me? We covered that above.

The above is from pages 29 - 31, Pause Golden Book
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P.S. I am not saying this is easy. It is simple.
Why not begin with simple?
Simple, uncomplicated LOVE.

Peace, Mary
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FROM THE MOUTHS OF BABES
Your True Nature
Sharing by Mary Lenihan

This quiet, sweet 5-year-old boy, a St. Louis Cardinals Redbird Rookie, stands patiently by our Pause table, at this Cardinals Care event, as I share what Pause is with his mother and sister. His silence draws my attention. I kneel near him, and without planning or thinking, I place one hand on his forehead, saying, “You have a Helpful Self too” and move another hand over his heart saying, “Your Helpful Self is the LOVE and WISDOM in you.”

I show him the Kids Can Pause Practice card in bright cherry red – he curiously looks over the card. Our eyes meet as he says, “We could do this right now.” Oh my, this little guy is tuned in! “Yes, we can!” I respond.

He suddenly leaps towards me,
wrapping his little arms around
giving me a huge hug that's getting tighter and closer.
Together, we pause.
He is connecting with his True Nature,
and now, so am I.

We may not go around spontaneously hugging people – maybe we will?! In my experience, when I pause, get out of my own way, and listen to my True Nature, I notice a tidbit of an inner and/or outer Peace beyond distractions. I am present.

In this presence, I may gradually begin to experience this Peace more deeply. Or, I may lose awareness of Peace, and so I pause again, I get out of my own way again, I listen to my True Nature again. I follow my Inner Wisdom ~ Safe, Kind, and Truly Helpful.

As I am WILLING to TRUST THIS PEACE,
I can access and receive
my True Nature.
This is a practice.

GAZE ON PEACE

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Keep it Simple.

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