Yoga & The Empty Spaces

So life gets busy, fulfilling and accomplished and then suddenly there is so much space. I find myself noticing this as the days are shorter and it gets dark earlier. Somehow, I have already managed to move my family's evening dinner routine up, as it feels later than normal, and then I look at the clock and it is only 6;30p. What the heck -- how can it be so early, and dark, and what is there to do with so many hours until bed time?

The empty spaces of time. Do we need to fill all available space or can we be comfortable with nothing to do and await what is to show up next, or simple just BE.

I actually enjoy empty spaces and quiet for that matter. I find them all to be nourishing. At parties for instance, I am most happy, chit-chatting a bit and then simply being quiet when I've had my full of conversation. I don't have a need to constantly talk, be entertained or socially engaged. I am happy with my own solitude. I realize this makes other people uncomfortable. The empty spaces of time thing again:-)

Put into perspective, it is simply living moment-to-moment and watching life as it unfolds into our reality. Trick is that we have so many different realities. What makes one person fulfilled drives another nutzo.

Here's where the Yoga comes into play. Yoga means "union" -- uniting the yin and the yang -- yolking or blending everything together as one. Isn't it possible for us all to be okay, and to accept our differences and to allow moments of quiet to simply be that -- moments unfolding into others, and others, and others?