The other day, I sat in my room with my journal open, but this time, I wasn't writing. I stared at the paper- the paper stared back at me. My mind as empty as the page I'm looking at. And I decided to just let it stay that way. I think I was tired of endlessly filling papers, schedules... my own head.
At that moment I remembered one quote I randomly saw on the internet: "It's not the notes that make the melody- it's the silence between them". I didn't give much thought into it at that moment. But now, sitting with that empty page, it hit me how true it was. THE PAUSES ARE WHAT MAKE THING MEANINGFUL.
Think about it: the silence after you hang up the phone with someone you love. The stillness before you take a deep breath and hit "submit" button on something that terrifies you. Even the quiet moment you share in a conversation when you're saying nothing, but everything at the same time.
Life isn't all about what you have achieved, said or done. It's also about the blank spaces you leave.
That day, I closed my journal without writing anything in it. I think the empty page isn't incomplete, rather a pause I took to clear my mind.
At that moment I remembered one quote I randomly saw on the internet: "It's not the notes that make the melody- it's the silence between them". I didn't give much thought into it at that moment. But now, sitting with that empty page, it hit me how true it was. THE PAUSES ARE WHAT MAKE THING MEANINGFUL.
Think about it: the silence after you hang up the phone with someone you love. The stillness before you take a deep breath and hit "submit" button on something that terrifies you. Even the quiet moment you share in a conversation when you're saying nothing, but everything at the same time.
Life isn't all about what you have achieved, said or done. It's also about the blank spaces you leave.
That day, I closed my journal without writing anything in it. I think the empty page isn't incomplete, rather a pause I took to clear my mind.