In her book Radical Acceptance, Brach describes the Buddhist concept of the sacred pause, writing, “A pause is a suspension of activity, a time of temporary disengagement when we are no longer moving toward any goal.” These pauses, she says, “can last for an instant, for hours, or for seasons of our life.” What makes them so important, she explains, is that pausing helps us become “absolutely available to the changing stream of life” instead of closing ourselves off to possibility.
