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A Different Kind of Pause

 

Today won’t be another reflection. It’s not the time for it.

 

Today is a reminder.

 

A reminder to slow down. To step out of the noise. To come back into the room you’re already standing in.

Christmas is not the gifts. Not the food. Not the schedule. Not the photos.

 

It’s connection.

 

It’s love made visible. It’s faith - in life, in each other, in something larger than our worries. It’s choosing presence over performance.

 

Sit with the people you care about. Listen without checking the time. Let the moment be enough.

 

And don’t forget this part:

 

A loved one is not only across the table. A loved one is also you.

 

How you speak to yourself tonight matters. How gently you hold your thoughts matters. How deeply you allow yourself to be here matters.

 

So this is the Pause.

 

Not to think. Not to analyze. Not to plan.

 

Just to be.

 

We begin again tomorrow. Tonight, we live.

 

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Written by Abigail Richard

 

Founder of arickard | Coach & Consultant | Author of Self-Love Blueprint & Unbreakable. Supporting leaders and changemakers to regulate their nervous system, gain clarity, and find calm - so they can lead with presence, purpose, and emotional depth.

 

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