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WHITE SPACES

         I couldn't post a piece in my blog yesterday owing to some connection issues with my wiFi. It started to make me little uncomfortable. Then the idea of White Space hit me hard.

       Why should I desire every space of my life to be filled anyway? What's wrong in letting a day to be unfilled? Couldn't yesterday be a White Space Day for me? Don't we need a break sometimes in a beautiful place?

White Space

       But what is this White Space? Technically, it's a space, integrated into a design that's left empty. Personally, it's a margin to pull over on a busy highway to take time for ourselves. It's a "sit back and take a deep breath" time honey. It's an oasis in the scorching desert. It's a sanctified refuge.

Why this White Space

       People are wired to patterns. We are so entangled in these patterns and too busy to notice the beauty of life slipping away.

         The beauty of our lives lies in white spaces. These are the lifelines of life. Since we are all electronically elevated, le me explain this way. A white space is important for our lives like how recharging is important for our mobiles. Without white spaces life just shuts down.

Where to put the White Space

        To insert white spaces into our lives first we have to create them. How to create? Simple. Pick up what's important for you, now remove the clutter that surrounds it. Stop doing things that don't matter. Our white space is created! From that, something new will emerge!

     White Spaces are so different. Snoozing, reading books, meditating, stretching our and relaxing, trying out a new dish, working on a hobby, chit chatting with friends, laughing and crying, being funny. being crazy, spending time with family - all these come under White Spaces. It's our space, honey! Do whatever you want. But we need to make sure the White Space our prime of joy and composure. We have to unschedule all our schedules before we jump in here.

         Having created White Spaces let's insert them into the three areas of our lives: Physical, Mental and Emotional.

Physical -  We should leave some White Spaces to our body. Let it starve let it rest. It's quite okay. Let the White Spaces restores and revitalizes your bodies.

Mental -  We have to come out of our regular molds. We must try to discover our buries skills and forgotten powers. We have to develop new values. Basking in the White Space releases us from stress and worries. White Space gives us answers.

Emotional - We need to subtract our gadgets and submerge in our family or friends. Let thousands of texts fill our mobiles and tons of emails fill our inboxes, need not care.

Practice White Space

Keep Calm:  Let us start our day in silence. Let us be with us for few minutes. What a great way to start a day. Let no one or nothing rent a space in our White Space.

Breath in Breath Out:  In the intervals of major tasks ex; cooking, laundry, office meetings, long drives, etc. Let us sit firmly keeping our head, back and neck in a straight line for a couple of minutes. Keeping the eyes closes, we have to breathe in and breath out slowly. focus on the breath. This gears us up for our next task.

Put a tiny task in between: Between two major tasks, we need to program a tiny task which requires less tension. It helps us to be more bouncy for the next task.

Plan Properly:  We should not mess ourselves up with too many ideas and tasks. We must plan our tasks properly to play them smart.

Unclutter: Make more room in our houses or workplaces or in our minds or in our hearts. Purge our pointless details. See more blank spaces.

Live in the Moment: Whatever work we do we must always take pleasure in the current moment. It gives us greatest contentment and peace of mind.

Keep Calm Again: We can end our day in silence again. Close the eyes. take regular breaths and calm the mind.

        That is how my 'no wiFi day' turned into a White Space day for me. I prioritized me. I read a book. I roamed out. I rested. I introspected. I filled my White Space with spiritual presence. I began to grow in my White Space.

Thank You. Love!!

Shaila