🌿 The Power of Pause: A Love Letter to the In-Between

Paws = Pause, a Message

There’s a word that’s newly alive for me—pause.

Not as a break, not as a delay. But as something active, essential, vibrating with possibility.

A sacred holding.

A breath that whispers, There is more here.

I didn’t used to know pause like this. I knew hustle. I knew push. I knew performance.

But pause? That was something for after. For when everything else was done.

Now I see—it’s the portal.

Yesterday, while taping a new 5-minute mindfulness session on “Pause” for GreenerThumbs.org, I felt this truth move through me like warm light.

I’m currently in Mexico, letting the rhythm of waves and slow mornings guide me. As I recorded the session, I sank into stillness—into the space between words, sounds, and breaths.

Something shifted.

My senses opened wide.

I kept smelling something… subtle but divine. A sweet, calming presence building in waves.

I paused mid-recording, finally turned my head to the source of the scent—and laughed out loud.

It was a candle.

The brand? Sand + Paws.

The scent? Gardenia.

Paws. Pause.

Gardenia, the scent of protection, clarity, and feminine wisdom.

And the company? One that neutralizes pet odor, turning something often deemed unpleasant into purity and peace.

This, my friends, was no coincidence.

This was a message from Spirit, from Science. A wink. A nod. A knowing.

I’ve received many messages over the years—some subtle, some jarring—but this one felt like a knock on the door of my life:

Pause is not absence. Pause is presence.

The Physics of Pause: A Quantum Invitation

For those who see spirit through the lens of science, the pause holds just as much wonder—if not more. In quantum physics, the space between particles isn’t empty. It’s a vibrant field of potential—what many call the quantum field. This isn’t just a void. It’s a dynamic, fertile nothingness teeming with possibility. It’s where particles blink in and out of existence. Where waves become matter. Where intention changes reality.

The pause—whether between breaths or thoughts—isn’t idle. It’s active participation in this quantum dance. In the moment of stillness, our nervous system quiets, our brainwaves shift, and we align with the very frequency of creation. It’s not just that we recharge—we recalibrate to the field of infinite possibility.

This is why the pause feels so profound. Why synchronicities appear. Why the candle whispers pause back to us. It’s not magic or metaphor alone—it’s physics. And your body is the instrument that tunes to this truth.

So when you pause, you’re not stepping away from your life—you’re stepping deeper into it.

Into the unseen intelligence that shapes all things.

Into the field.

Into the becoming.

What Happens in the Pause?

When we pause:

• We recalibrate.

• We remember what we love.

• We soften our grip and widen our view.

We begin to see that between the doing and the achieving is a space where we simply are—and that space is brimming with insight, direction, and divine companionship.

A Practice to Try

Right now, wherever you are, take a moment to experience this:

Pause with me.

Press play on this 5-minute relaxation. Let it guide you gently to the edges of your awareness and into the breath between things.

Let pause become your sanctuary.

Let it become your strategy.

Let it become the place where you hear what’s next.

Because in that pause, a candle might be waiting.

And you might just realize it’s been whispering your name all along.