Space. We rarely think about the importance of it. In so many aspects. Space around our bodies, space between parked cars, space between tasks, space between desks at work, space between words, syllables, letters, space between thoughts. Tangible space as well as intangible space. Space between space.
Sometimes, just providing or honoring space can change your entire day, your interactions with people, your relationships in general. Imagine taking a pause, a breath between sentences as you speak, or as you respond to someone else. Instead we often barrel into our point in a conversation before the other person even finishes theirs … imagine if we just gave things a moment to linger, to settle in more. And that goes with all moments.
Sometimes, just taking a minute between tasks at work to breathe, to quiet the mind, to close the eyes, to feel spaciousness between heartbeats, brain synapses and thoughts, can do wonders on your stress levels.
Or during an argument, when you feel your ego growling in full gear, perhaps you can’t rein it in that day, but you CAN take a moment, you can take a breath, you can give the energy field your trapped in just that second of silence, of space … and you’ll see the power it has. It can take an escalated moment and turn it into a flinch. It can take the urge to snap at someone and turn it into a dull notion and a shrug. It can take a brooding mountain and shrink it right back down to the molehill it really is.
I recently read a book where the author suggested always sleeping on decisions. Sure, that can annoy some people who want an answer right away, but if it’s a decision that legitimately does not need an answer right at that moment, then why not sleep on it? There’s no real reason not to. And giving a decision or proposed plan, even as small as dinner or lunch out with someone, or a volunteer option, a job opportunity, etc. just a bit of space to marinate, just a bit of time to float out there, might just change your life … might alter the way you do things and the decisions you make in general — especially if you tend to be someone who over-schedules, overtasks and overextends yourself on a constant basis … or someone who often makes unhealthy choices when deciding on the spot versus later on.
As for physical space … that’s essential too. Imagine if you were constantly walking through crowds all day, or driving with the front and back bumpers of your car connected to other cars, imagine if everything was touching everything else … it’s hard to grasp that concept because we’ve all had the beauty of space in our lives from the start. But we also take it for granted. Take a moment now and just look around and enjoy the space in between everything, all the various material forms you have around you right now, even if that space is minuscule, it’s there, it’s allowing for breathing room, for energy flow, for harmony and a sense of ease.
Sometimes, it’s the smallest pebbles that create the greatest ripple.
Till next time, be well my friends …
~C~