The Pause Principle

PART IIThe Pause Practices

Right now, we’re all walking around with different stories, past experiences, levels of education, thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and opinions, and yet what we all have in common is the ability to get upset, frustrated, irritated—to overreact, say things we don’t mean, not say things we should say, shut down, dismiss, dodge, etc. We all do it—some of us more than others. And what is also interesting is that we are all walking around, different as we are, with the ability to pause as well; we just haven’t been taught and don’t know how to do it. What follows in this part of the book is the how.