I decided to push pause on E-Squared during most of the pandemic with COVID and COVID-related family deaths. I did make attempts to work on the magazine, but labor, supply chain issues, printing business closures, and inflation left me solving problems left and right. So, I decided a pause would be best to deal with the tides of change.
Why Pause Is Important.
Don’t forget to pause. Pause helps us think before we speak. It helps us to respond instead of react. It affords us the opportunity to shape our lives – to do good work, to improve decision-making, to tackle seemingly insurmountable obstacles, and to continually strive to be better versions of ourselves.
Often, when I pause, I simply observe my surroundings. Here is a picture of a spider’s web and a piece I wrote while pausing.
Each and every night I watch her exquisitely weave her web in the corner of the door just like before. I have written about her countless times. She inspires me. She has grown so big in such a short time. Expanded out into space to capture more and more. And, even though I make a conscious effort to avoid running into her web, she has cleverly woven it just above my head, as if she already knows my exact height. My lady, my Queen of the Night. 🕷