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beautiful emptiness

Lisa O'Brien-Wentzel
18
Mar
2008
I have been pondering today empty spaces and the potential space for beauty that only they provide. simple pictures: new garden soil, ready to plant spring flowers or weeds a nice clean empty table by the front door, very soon holds our keys and cell phones a now empty bedroom can be a home to someone. empty calendar time can give room to serve others an undone job can be a new purpose for another soul portraits: empty feelings failing to measure up empty life purpose fruitless life relationships heartless traditions fakey family lifeless groups unhappy seekers off purpose churches non focused faith meaningless materials nothing to trust inability to be satisfied in wonder of belonging no joy in being sitting in puddles of excuses living limited self misundersanding unanswered questions we search for the answer to our weakness. our unmet need. the non-answer is a ground work for a change to blossom in all. so the empty space sometimes must remain in our soul gives us eyes that see HOPE: on the corner of LIFE and ADVERSITY

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