In their book entitled Instructions to the Cook – a Zen’s Master Lessons in Living a Life That Matters, Bernard Glassman and Rick Fields explain that when we finish something, whether it is a meal or a project, our whole world has been destroyed. But the annihilation or consumption is obviously not the end of our work or our lives. Only when we have finished something have we created the space to make something new. Of course, this is another way of saying that nothing is ever finished. No single meal – no matter how delicious or how nutritious – will put an end to our cooking and eating.
How much space are you creating for yourself, at home, at work or in your community to make something new happen? One way to begin creating space in your life is to finish a project or a task today.
Marquis Bureau
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