THE SPACES IN BETWEEN

A little poem I wrote today...

THE SPACES IN BETWEEN

There are spaces in between living

The long drawn out days of life

That if one were to write their biography

Would likely be forgotten or ignored

The benign activities of daily existence

The aspects of simply being human

Instead we relish the moments of the divine

The serendipity, the show, the praise & the accomplishment

Not the long hours that brought us to those points

The down days

The low funds and low energy that fill eighty percent of living

Only the artist sees the beauty in the menial

The beauty of the simple of the tired of the poor of the hopeful

Those are the long hours that build character

The character we place on a pedestal for only a moment

That took a lifetime to develop

Enjoy the benign

Relish the ordinary

Be grateful for the spaces in between

They are you.

They make you & create you

And if you haven’t settled into ease with those solo moments

The moments of fear and unrest and delayed gratification

The moments of uncertainty and doubt

They will eat you up from the inside out

So meditate

Soak in the dampness of blah

Know yourself with and without stimulation

Know your soul as it exists without the outside world

Cling to that knowing

Take confidence in your self-awareness

Know it is unique and fits no box or expectations

Be yourself

The rest of the world needs the character you have developed

But don’t be fooled into thinking that character is you

You are the spaces in between

Be bold enough to share your whole self

Share the gaps and gifts equally

Both make you human

Both make you divine