At certain periods of life we may pause from our daily practices. A routine which has been kept, ceases. What causes the change?

Priorities shift. Does work take hold? Does stress interfere with sleep? Is there a new love in the air? The changing of seasons cause change.

Are these changes given grace to unfold or are they met with rigidity and desire for what once was? Are we initially frustrated with ourselves for not keeping practice, then double down because we have not been more responsible in effort?

Yet, old routines are overlaid by new ones.

A change from morning meditation is replaced by caring for a loved one. A change from exercise to dedicated on a project. A morning with a partner to a change to quiet solitude.

Practice overlays replace. All life is ultimately practice.

A practice in change. A practice in becoming change. A practice becoming thru change. A practice as stillness.

Does rigidity impact the peace of the day? Does complacency waste the day away? Pay attention to what becomes us in each moment. Something that lets us breath in a little easier.

The is no pausing this life, only a unending practice.