Emptiness

I have grown to understand that this process is about emptiness. To fill myself with worry is to deny myself the journey.

I will arrive at the starting line, an empty vessel.


Thirty spokes are joined together in a wheel,
but it is the center hole
that allows the wheel to function.

We mold clay into a pot,
but it is the emptiness inside
that makes the vessel useful.

We fashion wood for a house,
but it is the emptiness inside
that makes it livable.

We work with the substantial,
but the emptiness is what we use.

Tao Te Ching - by Lao-Tzu
Translation by J.H. McDonald