Learning to pause is the first step in the practice of Radical Acceptance [i.e., acceptance of ourselves as we are]. A pause is a suspension of activity, a time of temporary disengagement when we are no longer moving toward any goal....
Through the sacred art of pausing, we develop the capacity to stop hiding, to stop running away from our experience. We begin to trust in our natural intelligence, in our naturally wise heart, in our capacity to open to whatever arises.
