Loneliness.
Boredom.
Pain.
Disillusionment.
Disappointment.
Death.
Divorce.
Misunderstandings.
A lack of love.
Feeling cut off.
Writer’s block.
Uncreative days.
Space.
Empty spaces.
Tempting to fill them with:
Meaningless conversations
Endless internet hours
Longer hours at work
Drowning it in alchohol
Retail therapy.
Hard to trust the empty spaces.
Difficult to believe
That they’re there for a purpose.
Empty spaces.
We need them
To find our deepest desires
To discover our hidden strength
To realize our own beauty
To rekindle our creativity
To allow for grace.
To be.
To create.
Trust the empty spaces.
“And then I have a secret. Did you know what will happen if you eliminate the empty spaces from the universe, eliminate the empty spaces in all the atoms? The universe will become as big as my fist…Similarly, we have a lot of empty spaces in our lives. I call them interstices..I work in empty spaces” ~ Umberto Eco
I’m linking into The One Word Linkup is hosted by Lisa of The Golden Spoons, Janine of Confessions of a Mommyholic, and Marcia of Blogitudes.
1) Choose one of the words in the prompt.
2) Write a post.
3) Link up!
(The Link up goes live at 6:00am EST on Wednesdays and closes at 9:00pm EST on Thursdays.)
This week’s prompt choices are: Trust or Shout
Also linking into Write or Die Wednesdays hosted by Mia of The Chronicles of Chaos and Vashelle of Shelly’s Cabaret a bi-monthly creative writing prompt. Today’s prompt is the Umberto Eco quote.
Corinne,
This is such a beautiful poem. I too think empty spaces are a necessary part of our personal growth. The attempt to fill them with “busy work” or drown them with things that alter our mental state (in order to cope with life in general) is like throwing trash in a bag with a hole.
Sometimes we have to trust the empty space to we can hear our own voice echo back into our consciousness.
Love this! Hugs!
Thanks so much for linking up with us, Corinne! I love this poem – it’s so true. I think we feel like we always have to keep moving – that sitting idle means not having any progress or forward motion. Anyway, I really enjoyed it, thanks so much for sharing! 🙂
Glad you liked it, Mia. Always a pleasure to link up to #WODW.
One of your absolute best posts Corinne. Totally relate to the message in this one.
Thanks so much, Lata.
Why do we try to fill those empty spaces? I think the empty spaces can be good places to do some reflecting and reevaluating. 🙂
That’s right, Lisa!
Absolutely love how you break down the idea of empty spaces and most certainly gives me a fresh new take on it if nothing else right now.
Thanks, Janine.
This is excellent, Corinne. We certainly do try our best to fill the empty spaces. Don’t know quite what to do or make of them. Great suggestion – we should take advantage of them – use them to refresh and recharge. Love this and thank you for linking up with #1Word, Corinne. 🙂
Thanks, Marcia. I’m trying to take my own advice.
I love this. We do try to fill empty spaces with stuff and noise and distractions when what would be more helpful is alone time, reflection, time to create, discover a new passion. Thanks for this post.