A One-Minute Pause With Purpose Just Oshawa — Week in Review | 26-02-07

This week’s One-Minute Pause With Purpose is an invitation to slow down and breathe — right here in Oshawa.

Each day, two locally captured images are shared as a gentle reminder to pause. Together, they create a simple, daily moment for health and wellness — a chance to step out of the rush, even if only for one minute.

Throughout the week, the images feature a quiet balance of Monarch and Red Admiral butterflies alongside still winter landscapes.

🦋 The butterflies reflect resilience, renewal, and ongoing transformation — even when life feels uncertain. ❄️ The winter scenes offer stillness and grounding, reminding us that rest is not the absence of growth, but part of it. 🌿 Together, they hold space for both movement and calm, colour and quiet, hope and reflection.

At the end of each week, these images are brought together in a weekly recap — a longer one-minute pause that gathers the moments shared throughout the week into a single space for reflection.

Taking just one minute each day to pause can help ease the nervous system, refocus the mind, and gently reconnect us to ourselves and our community. All of these images are captured locally — familiar paths, shared spaces — reminding us that wellness doesn’t have to be complicated or far away. Sometimes, it’s as close as the next breath.

Take a minute. Let your shoulders drop. Notice the beauty around you.

You’re allowed to rest — and you’re allowed to hope.

💚 You are loved.

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