Appreciating The Beauty Of White Space

Instagram notifications, group texts, work emails,meetings, work interruptions- it's easy to get caught up in the noise around us.

A single vibration, and our attention is shifted from the present to a small digital box that consumes hours upon hours of our short lived days.

The sun slowly rises, but how quickly it sets. Time truly is the new luxury and it's been a deep matter of importance in recent conversations regarding the evolution of our generation.

Have you ever heard of 'white space'? It's that blank area on a canvas that's just blank space, no content, no type, no imagery. Just white space. What a scary thought. A place where nothing exists at all? No messages, no communication, not even a beautiful photograph or entertaining video clips to hold our attention. But it's not emptiness. There is beauty in white space.

White space provides perspective, clarity and guidance for the eyes to better understand that just what is an empty space- understand the most important content of the page. It provides enlightenment. It provides direction of focus and hierarchy of understanding of the most important and necessary information.

In our own lives, so often we refuse to acknowledge or allow ourselves to have any margin of white space at all. Our days are chaotic, filled with responsibilities, and packing in experiences in every open moment. Traveling the world is an adventure. It is important to accomplish goals but it is equally critical and rewarding to reflect, process, and fully understand the importance and impact life’s journey is creating before you eyes.

Consider your life a canvas of art, a printed page or a sculpture. Do you have room to breath, think, and understand the beauty around you? Allow yourself enough time to afford the luxury of a clear, unobstructed view. There is beauty in white space, and value in emptiness. A moment of stillness can change the way you value those moments when stillness is not possible. It can change your perspective on what is most important. So often in this world we live in, that we forget take a step back and look at the small but important things - we forget to leave a "white space" in our lives.

Let yourself have some "white space" in your life. Your focus will become clearer and clearer. Your perspective, wider. You'll experience the luxury of time in a whole new way.

XOXO,

Karen