The
void I'm referring to is that which is left deep
inside of you when a
love is lost, through whatever
means. I've recently
experienced such a
loss, and it has been quite a trying
ordeal indeed. Without realizing
why, or
what I was doing, I slowly began to purchase
copious amounts of
plant life. My bedroom is now filled to the
brim with this
glorious green stuff. I had no real interest in plant life before, I
loved it yes, but I didn't
attempt to keep any of my own
aside from maybe a
single plant on my dresser
from time to time. It wasn't until a good
friend of mine dropped by for a
visit, and we got to talking, that I became
aware of exactly what I had been doing. She said to me, in reference to all of the new plant life, "
You just need something to love.. it helps you feel better". This made so much
sense. I felt good knowing that I did in fact have
something to love, and in its own
unique way, my little plants have been my
saviours. So, because I think it may be of some use to many of you at some
point in time or another, I propose we start a little
list of "
nice ways to fill the void". Here are my personal
suggestions:
Embrace nature, especially plant life. Go for long walks, realize that there is so much more out there, and so much to see. It helps to
nurture something, and watch it grow.
Write. Just write, write until your hand aches, until you can't possibly
scrawl another word. There is something wonderful about text that makes you feel better inside.
Read everything that you can get your
hands on. Especially
Henry Miller, thanks to
lemon curry for suggesting this to
me.
Those are just what I did, I'm sure there are many other ways to help
fill the void, but it should be noted that you'll probably always have a small
piece of you missing.. but you'll learn that it's okay. Because.. "you're smart, you're good-looking, and gosh darn it,
people like you"!
:)
note: noding is writing, silly bitter engineer, but still, good one. noding is quite the nice way to fill the void.