The Gift of Pause 🧘🏻♀️
When tiredness slowly turns into exhaustion, it’s no longer just about being physically drained, it’s a call to action for us to pause. A call to step back, breathe, think, pray, and realign with what truly matters, that way we can re-charge and continue doing life.
Lately, I’ve felt how the weight of bad news, the worries of the world, and the endless noise can start to creep into my mind and heart, consuming the joy in the little moments. And when that happens, I know the only place I can truly find strength is by going inward, into my soul, and finding refuge in prayer. It’s in those quiet whispers with God that I’m reminded: I am not alone, and He gives me the strength to carry on.
And when the world outside seems to get crazier and more uncertain, my refuge is always to draw closer to home. To gather my people around me, to make sure they are okay, to remind them, and myself, that here, within these walls, there is safety, love, and peace. Home becomes the anchor that keeps me grounded when everything else feels shaky.
As I write this, I look around and see my four hearts (my husband, my two littles & my dog) , so close, less than an arm’s length away. The four reasons my own heart beats. The ones who drain me at times, yes, but who also refill me with laughter, cuddles, and love. These little souls who exhaust me and energize me all at once, I feel extra lucky and so grateful that I get to have them here, with me, in these moments, I get to be a wife and a mom and mostly I remember how fragile life is and that I need to take the most advantage of this times.
There have been many sleepless nights lately. A baby who won’t sleep, an oldest child who is discovering the world and wrestling with both its beauty and its struggles. And it feels like chaos; messy, loud, and sometimes overwhelming. But in this chaos, there’s also a kind of raw beauty. The good and the difficult walk hand in hand, and I get to witness it all.
At the end of some, my husband and I look at each other, sometimes laughing, sometimes with tears in our eyes at times we just look into each others eyes, take deep breaths at once, because we just understand each other., and all that we are gong though. Our hearts are both full and aching, knowing these days won’t last forever.
One day, those little feet won’t come running a million miles an hour at night, searching for comfort in our arms.; and though we long for rest, we’ll also long for these moments back.
I encourage everyone, including myself to never forget to hug your love ones a little longer, to never take them for granted, not even for a minute. To soak it in, even the hard parts, and embrace it all. Because these ordinary, exhausting, beautiful days are the very moments that make up a life.
So right now, even in the exhaustion, I choose to pause. To feel it, to embrace it, to pray through it, and to be present. Because in the midst of the tiredness and the outside noise, there is love, there is meaning, and there is strength that only faith can give.