There is that term home sweet home that refers to the comfort of your humble abode. Decorated and provisioned with all the right food in the fridge, it is the place you long to come home to after a long vacation. I met a man today who was RV traveling for like ten weeks and he was so homesick it was not funny. But there's another comfort feeling like home sweet home and that is with those insider people in your life.
Who Are Your Middle Of The Night People To Call On? More Than Home Sweet Home.
I heard this story recently. One afternoon after the death of her grandfather a little girl huddled in her bed, sobbing forlornly. Her mother asked what was wrong? The little girl replied that she missed her grandpa. And that she missed talking to him about her problems. The Mom said she missed him too but couldn't the little girl talk to her? The little girl shook her head. And the mother asked why not? "Because we talked about YOU," the little girl said. It is important to have at least one person in your life, a close one you can be emotionally intimate with.
Sadly, the majority of people do not have at least ONE person they can call on when their lives fall apart. There are some I have met here on Active Rain that know I am at least that ONE person for them if they need me and vice versa. Most believe no one wants to hear from them in a crisis.
There is this great quote by the philosopher Goethe along this line:
"The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; but to know someone here and there who thinks and feels with us, and who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth an inhabited garden."
We want to live in a beautiful garden. But we want to share our vulnerabilities in the garden with another. So is it lonely desert for you or inhabited garden? The answer to THAT question will tell you if you have someone you can call in the middle of the night.
We all have wounded moments at some points in our lives. Do you have a person to share that with? Are you that person for someone else? We all talk about connections with social media. How about a "most prized" connection? These things take time to discover them and grow so if you are one in the desert, work on finding a source of water for you. It is vital for sustaining your life.
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