Posts Tagged ‘creating space’

It’s hard work doing nothing!

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

We are getting ready to go on holiday, and I am gob-smacked how much work one has to do just in order to do a little bit of nothing.  It is as if we are having to pack two weeks work into one just in order to take the next one off.  Now this may seem perfectly logical, but it is amazing how hard one must work just to create a little space.

The thing is, that in order for Change to happen it requires a number of elements:-

  • Space
  • Time
  • Willingness
  • Energy / Resources

Clearly if space creation takes this much work, it makes it all so much harder.  It is a bit like a garden, first you have to clear the weeds in order to prepare the soil for the new things to grow.  If you are wanting to introduce a change into your life right now, first of all make some space for it to grow.

“Even the wildest dreams have to start somewhere. Allow yourself the time and space to let your mind wander and your imagination fly.”  Oprah Winfrey

A human being is part of a whole, called by us the Universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”  Albert Einstein