Nothing is Something

Set aside time for nothing.

The truth is the nothing moments are really a lot of something.

Here is how it works for me.

I schedule nothing time before a challenge.

It might be the start of a project I don’t know how to approach.

It can be when I anticipate a difficult conversation.

My nothing time is when I don’t think about what is about to happen.

Instead, I might be sitting in a comfortable chair,

looking out the window,

or staring at the wall.

As I think about nothing, it is a literal pause.

It is the opportunity to start fresh,

to put aside assumptions,

and to avoid predicting what may or may not happen.

It clears the path to lead with curiosity.

Those moments of nothing ARE something.