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Embrace the Space between Stimulus and Response
BECOMING AWARE OF OUR CHOICES
The space between stimulus and response allows us to pause, reflect,
and choose our response rather than react impulsively.
In the moments
that manage to steal your calm
and shake your peace, the PAUSE Bracelet
serves as a reminder to become aware of that moment
with the decision not to react, but to respond with positive intent.
"Between stimulus and response there is a space,
In that space is our power to choose our response.
In our response lies our growth and our freedom."
Viktor Frankl
PAUSE
If a situation arises that incites the feeling of anger, anxiety, or being emotionally attacked, whatever it may be - an aggressive driver, your coworker, something you see in the media, one might react out of this situation and do or say something that will result in worse circumstances. A knee-jerk response could take us from being in a perfectly happy mindset to one of anxiety and chaos – when it all could have been avoided.
Instead, rather than just blindly reacting to our circumstances, pausing allows us to pay attention to the present moment experience, observe what's standing in the way of the power we hold within ourselves, and to use that power with the intention of producing only a positive result.
So, when we become aware that we are in a stressful situation, and decide to embrace agency and make the decision to pause, if we choose wisely with our response, we may find that “in our response lies our growth and our freedom”.
