On Time, Timing, and the Sacred Pause

Costa Rica 2022

“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.”
— Qoheleth (Ecclesiastes) 3:1

Sometimes, the most strategic move in business isn’t forward. It’s inward.

There was a moment I knew I needed to step away. Not just take a break, but fully release my grip on the rhythm I had been holding. The world of online business tends to reward visibility, speed, and relentless motion. But what if wisdom lives in the stillness?

At the close of 2022, I went quiet. No posts, no marketing. I paused updates, campaigns, even conversations. I stepped away from what many would call momentum. And in doing so, I stepped into something far more valuable: presence.

I didn’t abandon my business. I was being reoriented.
I was working with a single client, taking online courses, and quietly cultivating my relationship with the Creator. I was traveling, listening, and reflecting. This wasn’t burnout, it was an invitation to be reshaped.

What surprised me most wasn’t how much I let go but how much clarity rose in the quiet. My motivations were refined. My vision stretched. My fears were named, released, and reimagined. I saw the ways I had allowed fear, not passion, to shape decisions. I saw how deeply I craved alignment, not just success.

And so the pause became a turning point.

Sometimes we confuse being “productive” with being purposeful.
But mindfulness teaches us to observe without rushing, to release without fearing what might fall away. The truth is, the business I was building no longer reflected the life I was called to live. And that realization only came in stillness.

There is always a choice.
We can push through misalignment, or we can pause and let clarity rise.
We can stay in what’s familiar, or we can follow the sacred thread of our becoming.

I chose to pause. And in that pause, something holy happened.

Reflection: Have you ever stepped away—voluntarily or unexpectedly and returned changed? What did stillness reveal to you that movement never could?

Shalom, everyone!