the space between thoughts

Nov 6

Dear Reader,

There is more than one way to look inward.

Often, introspection is treated like a mental exercise meant to sort through feelings, locate causes, and arrive at conclusions. That kind of thinking can have its place. But there is another way to understand introspection, one that begins with a willingness to make a little room inside the moment.

If you pay attention, there are brief intervals when the mind pauses between one idea and the next, and in that pause, something subtle can be felt beneath the noise of analysis. Experience itself becomes visible again. The breath moving in and out, the weight of the body in the chair, the texture of your own attention. Nothing needs to be solved there, yet a kind of slow and deliberate recognition begins to take shape simply because you have allowed it space to exist.

This way of being introspective is simply another way to listen inward. One that invites patience rather than certainty. Some days it will feel impossible to access, especially when the mind insists on solving. Other days, it may be the only approach that feels honest which may be a reminder that not every truth is revealed through thinking.

To practice this kind of introspection, you might begin with the smallest gestures. Feel a full breath before responding to what’s in front of you. Pause at the end of a conversation and notice what remains unspoken. Sit quietly and listen. Each time you give yourself that space, you allow awareness to gather at its own pace.

Yours in the journey,