[Audrey shared this beautiful story at our Awakin Circle last night, around Sacred Art of Pausing, and I immediately knew it had to be shared with everyone! :)]

When I was really little, maybe two or three, I remember thinking I was gonna be a famous artist one day. And so when my parents had bought this brand new dining room table set, I thought to myself, "Oh, since I'm going to be a famous artist, I should draw on it, and then some day this will be worth a lot of money."

I remember drawing a heart on this brand new dining room table chair and then, you know, just happily like walking away!



And no one ever yelled at me. Many years later, when I was in college or maybe even after I graduated, I remember sitting at that table and that heart was still there. When I asked my parents, "Why did you never yell at me?", my Dad just said, "You were so little. If I yelled at you, you wouldn't have even understood."

I was very touched. It was almost like that space of unconditional love for a child expanded into a sacred pause that not only lasted decades, but held a "heart" in such a special way. I wondered what if I could see the whole world from that lens of a sacred pause?