Today, I found myself wandering around my yard, filling in holes. They appear annually due to the settling earth, animal burrows, or decomposing tree roots. It’s a simple chore, yet it led me to ponder about the nature of holes. Generally, we humans have a penchant for both creating and filling them.
- As a kid, digging holes was sheer fun. The thrill lay in discovering how deep I could go and what treasures lay buried. However, my parents would insist on me filling them back up, considering them unsightly blemishes in the yard.
- When I worked In retail, an empty shelf space was a ‘hole’ demanding immediate attention, only for customers to create new voids by purchasing products.
- At home, we strive to fill empty spaces with belongings, only to later purge them when they become too much.
- Our calendars are no different; we pack them with events, then scramble to carve out free time to unwind.
- We purchase empty land to erect new structures, symbolizing progress, and then demolish others to make room for green spaces.
- In our personal lives, we seek fulfilling activities and relationships to fill voids, yet sometimes our actions lead us to excavate new ‘holes’ through poor choices.
It seems that a significant portion of our lives revolves around the cycle of digging and filling holes.