It is just after dawn on a warm and balmy Chennai morning and I usually set out on my morning jog. And as I trotted past a common stretch, my eyes suddenly fell on a sight which I had never happened to see before. A beautiful vision of several birds idly swimming and frolicking in the estuary nearby. I wondered, why have I missed this pleasant sight before?

We are forever running ceaselessly chasing a mirage, searching for elusive peace, tranquillity and happiness in our lives. But what we miss to do is pause and look around us and lo! There it is!!

Isn’t it true that we forget to pause and reflect on what our goals are in life? Take a pause and a deep breath and look around you, and from that pause let a new thought be born, a new idea, dream or a solution to an old vexing problem. Experience the power of pause. As the famous Irish poet, W H Davies wrote in his poem “Leisure”

What is this life if, full of care,

We have no time to stand and stare….

We can get out of a mechanical life and make it more meaningful if we pause and reflect from time to time.

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