It’s 9 pm.
You’ve finished dinner two hours ago.
You’re not hungry.
But the fridge calls.

You open the door.
The light shines bright.
There’s cheese, cold cuts, yesterday’s cake.

You feel that familiar pull.
But instead of grabbing something, you notice your body.

There’s a hollow sensation—not in your stomach, but in your throat.
A kind of emptiness that wants to be filled.

You stand still.
And then—you shift your attention.
You notice the space in the kitchen.
The space between you and the fridge.
The space above your head.

The hollow sensation softens.
It blends with the silence around you.

You close the fridge.
You realise: you weren’t hungry for food.
You were hungry for calm.
And calm was already there, waiting in the space around you.

xxx

Evening cravings are often echoes of emotions—
boredom, restlessness, a wish for comfort.
They tighten the body, whisper that food will soothe.

But when you notice both the tension and the space around it,
the whisper fades, the body softens,
and you see the truth—
you already have what you were looking for.

Try this the next time you stand before the fridge.
Hold the handle, feel the pull,
then open to the wide space around you.

Stay with it for a moment.
You’ll notice how the pull weakens,
how freedom quietly returns.

At first you may not believe it.
It may feel too simple, too strange.
But after a few tries,
you’ll smile at how natural it becomes.

You’ll know—
you are not powerless against late-night cravings.
You have space,
and with space comes calm,
and with calm comes freedom.

Just stay aware of space

Tomasz

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