What snags your attention the most: time or space? Which is more valuable?
What comes to mind when you think about “space”? For many of us, or at least for me, I often think of outer space, the cosmos. But I also think about areas around me: my home, my yard, my community.
I can acquire more space if I choose to do so. I can also decease the amount of space in my life, e.g., sell my house.
I sometimes talk about “holding space” for others which for me means I intentionally allow the space around me to be calm, quiet, safe, kind.
Time is a very different story. Each day, I have exactly the same amount of time as everyone else. No matter how much money I have, I cannot acquire more time. Time moves on regardless of what I do or don’t do. I can neither recapture time past nor get an advance on the future. I can only use this particular moment.
So when I hold space for someone, maybe I am really investing time in their well-being, in loving them, which is an activity of time, not space.
So which is more valuable: time or space? Where do I put my attention?
Where should I put my attention in order to honor God?
Just Sayin' 