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HESITATION

Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space lies our freedom and power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and freedom
- Victor Frankl, from Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning

Just to pause. That's all.
For a while, to step outside the pressure. The noise. The busyness.
Come, then, to the place that always welcomes, always waits.
At the gate you surrender your cares.
Once inside, you begin to let go. The mind steadies, then quiets.
Stillness remains. Like moon above water; like water holding moon.
Two that are both, yet neither.
The One.
That's all.
And enough.
- Swami Lotus, www.watermoonrefuge.org