The necessary pause

Often on our journey, we feel tired, lost, or simply perceive a need to stop and breathe. Whether it be sitting under a tree, and closing your eyes, or just straying from the path, going to a higher place to admire the landscape and the beautiful sunset.

Is it wasting time? Is it "wrong" ? I don't think so

There is a need for this pause. Leaving aside a little the intensity of walking, of seeking, of wanting to know. Of taking one step after another, often looking only down, focusing on the path, the stones, the holes. Or be absent-minded, thinking about the ultimate goal, upon arrival. But what about the surrounding landscape? That soft breeze that touches our face, the smell of grass after a rainy day, the singing of a bird in the spring?

That flower that shines with the drops of the morning dew, or the silence of a starry night ...

This is not losing track of your quest. That pause may even be the most essential part of it. The moment when we actually feel alive and connected.

Maybe the pause would be getting out of the whirlwind of thoughts, and often the agonizing sense of stagnation of being lost. The anxiety of wondering, and finding answers.
And then you just walk away for a moment. You decide to climb that little hill to admire the sunset, and suddenly you realize that you see your own path below, from another perspective. Your vision extends beyond you, and you realize much more than if you were only focused on every step of your way.

You see the sky, you see beyond the horizon, and you can see that there is more, much more.

Breathe, calm down, calm the mind, the body, the heart. And suddenly, feel in that calm feeling, in that inner peace, what the Universe has to tell you.

The pause, the brief withdrawal, does not mean a waste of time, abandonment, deviation. It means maturity, growth. Just like the waves of the sea, in their movement to come and go. The gentle swing of the trees carried by the summer wind from side to side.

We are also cyclical, we are also timeless, we are also motion.

After this pause, this reflection, we stand up, with a smile on the face, a feeling of peace in the heart, and we return for our walk. With new thoughts, new expectations, new sensations.

Rested, in peace, inspired.