Spaces and Walls

When you live your life, do you see the Spaces? Or the Walls?

When I drove my Activa of 6 years, I looked for spaces that allowed me to move along. The rest was just a mass that I had to move past – people crossing the road, dogs dashing across, two-wheelers coming down the wrong way, bikes, cars, buses honking past – none of that mattered.

But when I became a new driver of a car, all I saw was every vehicle, person and animal on the road that was out there to stop me – the Walls. The Spaces disappeared. And I slowed down, sometimes coming to a standstill.

Same road, same traffic. A different me, hesitant and reluctant. It was unfamiliarity that brought on the difference.

It’s true of life too.

The world is the same. We see what we choose to see.

Those of us who see the Spaces, zip past, enjoying the breeze, the morning winter sun on our face and in control, never hesitating over a new direction, a new situation, an unfamiliarity.

Those of us who see the Walls, stop altogether. Or we slow down, too fearful to feel the breeze or the sun. We inch along, worrying ourselves in a new direction – if we move at all.

Yes, there are some basics to master. But the rest is our choice.

So do you see the Spaces? Or the Walls?