Pencil In, Really?

"Writing is not a matter of time, but a matter of space.

If you don't keep space in your head for writing,

you won't write even if you have the time."

Katerina Stoykova Klemer

The mind, like a massive computer, keeps track of endless files.  It records delight just as easily as trauma and deletes information sometimes at will.  It stores myths, fantasies, and fables and when our button is triggered, accidental or not, in a flash our information can be sent prematurely.

Whatever we hold dear, be it art, sports, nature or friends, we must make room in order to savor them.   Special space must be set aside to make sure we can further cultivate what we declare as joy.  To declare special space we are called to be mindful, not forgetful.

In the midst of a fast forward society, we find it necessary to use time management to secure an hour for meditation or yoga or music.  We pencil in what might be the most important time of our day.  How strange we must be reminded to do what is most important in our heart.