“Although each of us is fashioned in careful incompletion, we were created to long for each other. The secret of our completion can only be found in the other. Huge differences may separate us, yet they are exactly what draw us to each other. It is as though forged together we form one presence, for each of us has half of a language that the other seeks.” ~ John O’Donohue, Beauty
My favorite definition of “story” comes from Robert Olen Butler: a story happens when a yearning meets an obstacle. It is, of course, also a great definition of the experience of being alive. In our “careful incompletion” we yearn for other things and other places, other ideas of ourselves. And, so, we set sail. We seek.
Without yearning there would be no story. Without obstacles there would be no story.
Like you, I have spent my time on the kitchen floor, Kerri’s code-phrase for weeping. When my obstacle was insurmountable, when my yearning required leaving. Loss. Weeping invited surrender. Surrender required weeping. Letting go.
And, after the weeping, emptied of what was, I, like you, stood, took a deep breath and asked myself, “What now?”
read Kerri’s blog post about WEEPING MAN
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