Every moment of your life is filled with stimuli & circumstances that allow your “ego-self” to respond impulsively and emotionally.  Your “reptile brain” (essentially the amygdala, home of the defense mechanisms of “friend or foe” & “fight or flight”) is working constantly to keep you “safe,”  and because the neocortex (home of your ability to choose otherwise) engages those same stimuli a few moments after your reptile brain does, it is necessary to Purpose-fully pause before undertaking any response to life’s stimuli in order to be truly consciously – and caringly – alive … So today, for as often as you remember to Do so, pause before you make every choice  and pause before engaging in any action.  Focus especially on your Life’s most common “autopilot” activities (e.g. waking = pause before getting out of bed; dressing = pause and really choose what you wear today; eating = pause before putting food or drink into your mouth and choose to really taste it; talking = pause before speaking and really mean whatever you choose to say; commuting = put books and I-pods down and pay attention to your surroundings while traveling; sleeping = pause before closing your eyes to reflect on your day, etc.) … In short, Honor your day – and your life – by making it a conscious one.

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