The Power of Pause: Becoming More by Doing Less

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Loyola Press, Jan 7, 2011 - Religion - 256 pages

Terry Hershey, a popular author and retreat leader, understands that slowing down is difficult when you live in a fast-forward world. However, he also knows from personal experience that there is always a price to pay if we don’t regularly take time simply to pause—to cease activity, to treasure quiet time, and to discern the deep meaning of life’s little moments.

In The Power of Pause, Hershey uses powerful stories and meditations, inspiring quotes, and a specific call to action at the end of each chapter to help us understand the profound value of slowing down in our daily lives and taking time for the truly important things. Over the course of 52 brief chapters, we learn how to take back the life God always intended for us to have by letting go of the things that keep getting in our way.

 

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Contents

Early Winter 1 Fear and Dancing
3
Two Spaces
7
Washing Dishes
10
The Gift of the Moon
13
New Rules
17
The Wonder of a Child
23
Joy to the World
29
Late Winter
33
Full
74
Damage Control
77
Home
82
Late Spring
85
Dandelions
87
Putting Down the Sack
90
What We Want to See
94
Enough
97

The Dark Side
35
Im Closed Now
39
Changing the Questions
43
Dragons Can Be Pink
46
Simplicity
49
Unreasonable Grace
53
Early Spring
57
Broken and Crippled
59
Pause Button
64
Duckling Moments
68
Bless Me
71
Kindness
101
Five More Minutes
104
Early Summer
109
Broken Glass
111
Time Management
114
Its the Little Things
119
Losing What I Dont Need
122
Big Swords
126
The Balanced Life
131
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About the author (2011)

Terry Hershey is the founder of Hershey & Associates, an organization that provides workshops and seminars on building balanced lives and healthy relationships. Terry is also a professional landscape designer who savors daily pauses in his personal garden behind his home on Vashon Island, Washington, where he lives with his wife and son. He is the author of eight books, including Beginning Again and Soul Gardening: Cultivating the Good Life.

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