There Has to Be Something
A blank screen, an empty mind, and what happens when you stop fighting the silence and lean into it instead.
This is going to be an interesting blog today because I woke up thinking I had some ideas that I could write about.
But looking at the cold, bare screen, I realize I've got nothing.
No interesting perspective or funny comment.
Just me with no idea how to fill this blank space.
So I sit and stare at nothing.
In the all too familiar, comfortable silence, I scan the furthest recesses of my mind hoping to find inspiration and, coincidentally, there is nothing.
I Lean Into It and Relax
But instead of trying to fight the panic of a blank slate, I lean into it and relax.
I realize there is always something, even in nothing, if you give it a chance.
Everything starts with nothing and then it evolves.
So many projects and great inventions started from silence. If you lean into it without the pressure of a result, something always manifests itself.
And sometimes, just sometimes, it's better than you could have hoped for.
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