Befriend the Big Empty
“As we grow into adulthood, we often end up searching for someone to give us what we didn’t get as children. The absence of sufficient attention can create a gnawing hunger for outside approval… Though other’s responses to our efforts (to get their approval) feed our hunger, that satisfaction is only fleeting, and in the end we feel empty again.” Steve Flowers & Bob Stahl, Living with Your Heart Wide Open The great “gnawing” universal empty. That’s what so many of us experience on a daily basis: The Big Empty. Inside we are empty and we have been running on empty for years. We muster enough adrenaline to keep us searching from person to person, from face to face, to find some sign of love or approval. We look for those who have a “Fill ‘er Up” sign on their faces; whether it be in he form of an approving smile or some gentle kindness in their eyes. It may be enough to get us through the day or it may be only enough to get us to the next subway stop. But either way, it’s more than...