Fill Your Space

“Every empty space is an opportunity.” … author Robert Cohen in his short story The Next Big Thing.

Often we are bored, especially when we are young or when we are sick. Time drags. There is nothing to do, or so we think. But there is always time to think, to dream, to plan.

Often there are empty spaces in our lives. We feel them around us, palpable and too often dragging us down into loneliness, sadness, even despair. Widows and widowers know this best, and parents who have lost a child. Empty marriages feel like this too. But it happens to us all, even when there is no dramatic source we can point to.

Often we think of what could be, whenever we are unhappy with our situation or when we have a goal or need unmet. There may be something holding us back … fear maybe, a certain trepidation, a barrier either real or imagined.

I love the quote because it is true, whether in a small way or a larger one. We can look at our current situation, assess it and move forward. We can fill empty spaces with new goals, new thoughts, new actions, new risks, new learning. We can create new opportunity and new happiness which can fill all of the empty spaces.

We can in fact do away with empty spaces if we choose, if we accept the very real responsibility for change … and there is strong faith in that. God is always with us as we create opportunity …