My waking hours are comprised of striving for so many things. For grand aspirations, careers, lifestyles, habits, relationships, experiences, money, food, shelter. Yet I find that the things after which I strive are only supplemental to that which I really want.
I really want fulfilling relationships.
While fulfillment comes from many things,
and sometimes dreams realized are fulfillment deferred,
there is an ever-progressing satisfaction borne from community.
A feeling based on completion, yet experienced in this active sense:
perhaps we are, as we will be, as we have been—
there are undeniable consequences of being born.
The satisfaction of true and open relationship lays bare the yearnings of my heart and the quiddity of my soul: I exist in relation to others.
Your use of the word "quiddity" makes me incredibly joyful.
ReplyDeleteGood points. There really is nothing more enjoyable than a fulfilling human relationship. That's why it's so painful and rattling when that relationship dissolves...
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