Pause and reflect

A superpower that we can access is the power of pausing. If we pause before we speak and pause before we act, we can put that emotion in check and make better decisions. It is not necessary to verbalize everything that we think, nor is it necessary to act on every emotion.

One mental health coach suggested that when we pause we can ask ourselves these five questions:

Is it True?
Is it Helpful?
Is it Inspiring?
Is it Necessary?
Is it Kind?

A spiritual take on this same concept is to exhibit the fruit of the spirit, self-control by, “taking every thought captive to obey Christ.” (2 Corinthians 10:5)

Just as the 5 questions prompt us to consider the impact of what we are about to say and do, Philippians 4:8 encourages us to do the same, “We are encouraged to Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.”

As we set out to begin this day, I pray that we will exercise our superpower and push pause when necessary and think on these things.

GiGi❤️