Everyone needs Space

Last week I received a very pleasant surprise call from a retired coworker, musician friend of mine to let me know “Take my Money” was their new favorite song of ours. He was excited about the pauses, the timing of the space between the notes and the phrasing. He reminded me of the importance of quiet between noise.

Life is similar to Music in so many ways. We need Rest. We need the Spaces in between. Every night we benefit from sleep, so our body can rest. It’s also the time for our subconscious to work things out on our behalf.

The time we spend dreaming benefits us & provides us with insights that our consciousness may have blocked.

When we take rests from our active life, allow ourselves time to recuperate and recover, we are still engaged with a Creative Principle, one called Lull.

Lull is when new ideas can come to us, when we stop trying and just are, when we go with the flow and just know what we know. Too often we force ourselves to stay active and busy, sometimes to the point of exhaustion & for what? Can you give yourself permission to allow more down time - more time just Being, less time just Doing.

Today I’m Thankful for friends who still pick up the phone to call me & for the reminder to slow down & enjoy the spaces in between.