How pausing can reveal opportunities for fulfillment and personal transformation

Life is an endless series of opportunities for growth. The essence is in the space in between — in between point A and point B — B and C.

The space in between is the living.

It’s what we’re here for.

If point A was your birth and point B your death, you wouldn’t be rushing — you’d be fully embracing the space between.

So why do we rush toward milestones and achievements?

Why do we fail to pause — to embrace the moment, see the bigger picture, and notice the subtle but significant opportunities for awareness and growth?

We focus so much on arriving that we miss the here and now.

We obsess over achieving some end goal and end up with such a razor-sharp focus that we develop tunnel vision, failing to see anything beyond the destination.

We miss the subtle signs, the intuitive insights, and the opportunities for a shift that could guide us along the way.

We hold our breath, put joy on pause, and wait for the moment when we get there — the new house, the car, the relationship, the wedding, the birth of a child, or the achievement of a lifelong dream.

Caught in a loop of getting there.

We rush and rush.

And once we get there, we’re already focused on the next thing.

But what if we took a pause — 

And breathed in our surroundings,

embraced the sounds of life,

Awakened the senses and took in the fullness of the space in between?

What would we find?

What have we missed?