Digital Voices

Nothing

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“I have nothing to do; there is nothing to write about; there is nothing I enjoy; nothing.”
We have all heard it, the word nothing. But what exactly is nothing? One thing seems to be clear; the word nothing, just should not exist. I had a free write for a class, and I sat there thinking. But to my misfortune, I once again, had “nothing” to write about.

What an interesting word nothing is; a concept that never seems to exist. How many times a day do you think you use the word nothing? A friend usually comes up and asks you, “What’s up?” Generally, you will reply with a simple, “Nothing much.” But exactly what is nothing? What do they mean nothing? How can there be nothing? Something must have happened in your day. Something simple like you got a bad test grade, you stared at the clouds, you did well on a project, you said hello to an old friend, you typed a long paper, you drew a picture, or you fell flat on your face. There is always something in my eyes. My definition of “nothing” is just a word used too frequently when it is not needed, and that most people will use nothing as an excuse when they can’t think of something that interests them enough to talk about, write about, or just like in general.

People always seem too lazy these days, trying to get out of assignments because they have “nothing”. People even try to get away with normal activities because of the word nothing, and sometimes people will mope around because there may be “nothing”. Now I am not trying to be mean but, say that your house burns down and there is “nothing” left to that house. But there is something still there, right? Yes everything may be “gone” because of that fire but those ashes are something of that house. Those ashes are the remains of what once was. Then you realize that, that house held memories, and memories are something you can’t get rid of easily. From the ashes to the memories, there is still something. You can’t say there is nothing left to that house, the things may no longer be whole but they still exist. If people would try harder, they would realize that there is everything and that “nothing” just doesn’t exist. I try my hardest to not use the word nothing. “Nothing” always seems to be something, well at least the thought of it. So that day I found something to write about, the thought of nothing. It opened my eyes to a whole new perspective because now there is everything. I believe that there is no such thing as nothing, that nothing is here to confuse us, and that the word nothing is a waste of time.