The Need for Emptiness

What a challenge it is to stay ongoingly empty, to be able to locate myself in the present. What a challenge it is to catch myself when I'm lost as though I existed in the near future for which I'm now making plans. Once I do, I feel the release of the energy that was getting stale, trapped in a box with no ventilation, rotting as I went on obliviously, lost in thought. Perhaps, this rancid energy, when noticed, can be the pointer to the need for freshness, the need to empty the planning mind. Choices need to be made, and although they will affect the future, they can only be effectively made in the emptiness of the present moment.