Originally she didn’t like those in between times, all ready to go, but waiting to leave.

She learnt that the “amuse bouches” given between courses at luncheons of style, were really there to fill these gaps – specially if no-one was talking.

For only five thousand dollars excluding accommodation, they offered a weekend group course teaching allegedly, how to cope with these pauses in progress.

For her, fortune struck when one day she felt a longing for these moments and saw them as special prizes in between planned activity and all the rest of the hustle and bustle.

Far more rewarding than that pricey weekend could have ever been.

Now it’s the pause that refreshes.