Filling the Gaps.

Someone ‘smart’ mentioned that people love to fill blanks, particularly those that are borne out of mystery or curiosity. Out of the sheer inquisitiveness perhaps, people imagine things and begin to create colorful images that sometimes blow out of proportions.

Man has an insatiable desire to fill in spaces and gaps. That’s why you bridge your fingers when you pray, in an attempt to fill the longing of your soul. Of course, in a theoretical application, the insatiable desire should be able to fill in dutifully, and not create more problems. This, however, is betrayed by the fact that people sometimes find the need to fill in the details just for the sake of it without regard to the stories they create or the situations they make.

Filling the Gaps. Photo from: www.ziyayoga.squarespace.com

On the one hand, some people revel on the thought that they are being talked about, for no apparent reason. They think that it gives them mileage to a certain degree, and the situation makes their lives a tad interesting for others. But, for the general populace who shares in the beauty of anonymity, it’s still a valuable consideration to shun away from the spotlight as much as possible. There is peace in anonymity and an ample amount of tranquility that goes with it.

The truth is, there is something inside us that wants to revel in the glory and bask in the proverbial spot, at the cost of trying to make the impossible possible, or the improbable probable. The lengths at doing these things could be costly, and may seriously backfire at any moment. But the call of being at the center, not necessarily of attention, proves to be too tempting to think of the possible consequences. Too often too late, people realize that it’s not everything.

Without us realizing, we make unconscious efforts to create situations out of our need, personal or otherwise. The situations are the events that fill in the gaps of our existence. Whatever stories and situations we create, either elaborate or simple, or confusing or straightforward, we make them to necessarily find the bridge that will make us alive, albeit for the time being.