Nothing is Something
by Michael Feeley
You’re never doing nothing…
The phone rings. A friend asks, “What are you doing?” You say, “Nothing.” As if stillness is nothing and you need to apologize.
But it’s never true.
Sitting quietly is something. Watching light and shadows move across a room is something. Waiting, wandering in thought, feeling the afternoon settle around you — all something.
Even when sleeping your body refuses to do nothing. It breathes, repairs, remembers.
Air can seem like nothing. Sounds and smells are something. Feeling and emotions.
We say “nothing” when we mean nothing I can prove or nothing worth mentioning. But the unscheduled moments are often the most alive ones.
Nothing is always something.
Thanks – Michael (he, him)
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