I'm cracking up. One of the techniques I used to get into a grateful frame of mind was envisioning my mind as a stage (hey, it helped). On the stage I set up scenes, playing them out as I would normally, then changing the scenes by acting with a grateful attitude.
Anyway, since I already had a stage set up, when you mentioned "soooo much space" a stage in your head appeared in my mind's eye. On it I was sweeping up Oreo crumbs. It was a big stage, I'll grant you that - that's what made me snicker. BUT, we ALL know it's not true, jj, you have a lot up there - it isn't an empty stage.