The last miles are always the hardest. That’s when we feel tired, our feet hurt and every muscle and every bone in our body aches and seems to scream STOP, but the race is not over, and we continue to run on autopilot. We pursue the race without thinking and at the end, right after the finish line, we sit or lay down and feel empty.
We have given our best, and we just finished the 5K or 10K we wanted to run so badly. We just reached the mountain top that we dreamed of. There is not a thought left on our mind, and nothing matters at this very moment, nothing beside the water bottle that we hold in our hand.
Emptiness has such negative reputation in our culture. Emptiness stands for loneliness and depression, both often just the result of boredom.
Feeling empty is actually a great feeling. It means we haven given it all, and for a short while, there is nothing left. A bowl has the most value to us when it’s empty, only then can we fill it back up. Emptiness, the state of containing nothing.
Emptiness is a doorway to freedom and a spiritual milestone in eastern cultures. Meditation asks us to achieve an empty feeling within, only then can we become receptive. Emptiness doesn’t always feel good, and that’s alright because it’s not the final destination, just a short stop during our travels.
The happy Quitter! 
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Beautiful
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Thank you, I am glad you liked it. Nice to meet you 🙂
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Very interesting Bridget. I’ve never thought of it as emptiness before, but I guess in a way it is. As Diane mentioned – emptiness as preparation for receptiveness. Isn’t there a saying about making room in your life to attract more of the things you want? … the metaphorical cleaning of the closet 🙂
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Closet cleaning…don’t get me started. Nope..don’t want to think about it.
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I feel that way about a couple of our storage areas 😉
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Sigh~!
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I have never thought about that cleansing feeling that I get at the end of a project or effort. Interesting!
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But you feel it each and every time you achieved something big don’t you?
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sometimes the emptiness is a good thing. 🙂
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And that is why it’s good to purge things from one’s life every once in a while. ^_^ Gotta get rid of the excess stuff because you can’t obtain emptiness if you’re carrying around too much…. stuff.
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That’s the way I look at it 🙂
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Emptiness cleanses the soul, doesn’t it? It allows you to rid yourself of those elements that cause pain and discomfort, and put back together that which you choose. Love this post.
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That’s the way I look at it too. I am thrilled that you -and others- understand what I am talking about.
I think I followed too many blogs who were whining all the time. Good to see you, thank you for stopping by my little blog.
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Glad to be here – yes, I’d rather gravitate to the blogs that inspire, than those that rehash the same whines.
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That last paragraph is a doozy! Emptiness as preparation for receptiveness and only a stop on the journey. Love it 🙂
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“A doozy!” Love it 🙂 Thank you
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