Balanced Mind with Julie Potiker

Balanced Mind with Julie Potiker


Goodness Meditation - Holy Stop

January 27, 2025

Goodness - is the focus of this guided meditation. What is it you need to hear to make you feel good? Julie Potiker completes the meditation with a reading of her poem, "Holy Stop".


Holy Stop, by Julie Potiker


A little after 2pm

I exit the 5-south freeway at Loma Santa Fe.

At the traffic light, two women with bright green vests

CROSSING GUARD in tall black letters.

Outstretched arm

grasping pole with big red stop sign

hats with brims

sunglasses shielding eyes

from the California sun.


A precious job

A vital task

shepherding school children.


Three vest clad women, one vest clad man

a Santa Claus beard

Perhaps a grandpa.

Or merely a good neighbor.


A generous offering.

A lovely way to

take good care of children.


These are the things we can do in this messy life

where nature wreaks havoc

24-hour news cycle shaking you for attention.


It might be standing on a street corner,

shielding your eyes from the sun,

holding a stop sign.

Holy, stop, perfect.


-Holy Stop, by Julie Potiker.


Find out more about using mindfulness in everyday life through Julie's books, "SNAP: From Calm to Chaos", and "Life Falls Apart, But You Don't have To: Mindful Methods for Staying Calm in the Midst of Chaos". Both are available on Amazon.com.

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