Why Do We Need to Keep Space?
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Today I want to talk about the first article in this series on keeping space.
Why do we need to keep space?
If we don't keep space it's like speaking a long paragraph without any punctuation or appropriate pauses trapped in such sentence structures that cannot be properly read or expressed leading to poor readability of thoughts which not only affects others' understanding but also creates barriers to clarifying the consistency of our own thoughts because the moment we write something down we are no longer who we were at that moment just as the philosopher Heraclitus said you cannot step into the same river twice and as I write this passage trying to write without any punctuation it even affects the fluency of my thinking let alone real-life decision making
Can you read through a sentence like this?
If you can, what about if the entire passage is three times as long?
If you still can, at what length would you find it unbearable?
I can't bear it.
Space is an abstract concept. It can be punctuation, it can also be physical space or time.
Applied across different domains, it can be "you are not your emotions," it can be "separation of tasks," and of course it can become "when you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail."
It's like Ditto from Pokemon - it can transform into anything, yet when exhausted it returns to its original form (and also when it laughs).
For me, space is where resilience grows.
It allows silence in conversations, occasional pauses in sentences, watching thoughts emerge without judgment, facing problems without immediately jumping to solutions, creating opportunities for us humans living in positive space to notice the expelling nature of negative space.
For me, space is also a moment of maintaining neutrality, deeply frozen in time.
In the constant process of filling and chasing, space is how I found a way beyond black and white.
In my life there have been many choices. I cannot say all my decisions were entirely wise, but since I came to know space and tried applying it to my life, for the decisions I've made at various crossroads in life, I can feel completely grateful and free. So I am happy.
Because for me, happiness is a byproduct of freedom.
Freedom is having choices, freedom is having the ability to choose, freedom is being able to bear the consequences of choices.
And on this path, happiness comes uninvited.
This is what I want to express - the superpower that space has given me.
Beyond filling and chasing, exploring how space becomes a source of choice, freedom, and happiness