Winter: The Season of Inner Spaciousness
Space. We tend to think of it as something external, the vast sky above, the untouched landscape before us, the silence between words. But space is also within us. It is the pause between thoughts, the breath before action, the quiet moment before a decision. And yet, so many of us fear space.
We rush to fill it, grabbing our phones, making small talk, turning on music, keeping busy. Because in space, there is uncertainty. And uncertainty is uncomfortable. When life hands us a gap—the end of a relationship, a career shift, a move away from what is familiar—it feels like standing at the edge of the land, staring into the vast ocean. No more solid ground beneath our feet, only movement and depth.
But what if we could embrace space instead of fearing it? What if we could trust that these pauses, these unscripted moments, are not empty but full of possibility?
Each winter, nature gives us an opportunity to practice this. The world slows down. Nature turns inward. And we, too, are invited into stillness, to create space within ourselves.
Winter asks us to stop filling every moment with activity, to sit with the unknown, to allow the quiet to be exactly what it is. This is where real transformation happens. Not in the noise, not in the endless distractions, but in the brave act of making space. Because in that space, something new can emerge, clarity, creativity, restoration, or the wisdom that was drowned out by all the doing.
So I ask you: What are you doing—or rather, not doing—to create more space in your life? Where can you allow more stillness? What would happen if you let yourself pause long enough to feel the spaciousness within?