when you become an ancestor

by mark guay

one day soon, you will become the ancestor; the one your people speak about; the one they pray to when the night is thick with stars.

why “a place to pause”?

a place to pause was born in the quiet moments I sat on the cool morning sand and looked out across the lake before me - seeing the ripples in the waves, feeling the breeze on my face, noticing where the sky met the water - the mornings where I sat alone tending to my meditation practice. Here, I found an embodying sense of calm as I sat with something much bigger than myself, the natural world, coupled with this opportunity to attend inward – the opportunity to pause.