Here is an excerpt from my book Matrix Reflections. I believe this is a place where it is safe to share our writings? Still new to these forums...and don't want to break any rules! Enjoy and let me know what you think if you wish. Look forward to reading others writings as well.
OUR DEEP NEED
There is a deep need in all of us. A need to belong and to know who we are and where we came from.
When this need is not met we may find ourselves trying to fulfill the longing with other things that are harmful to usthings that bid for our attention and distract us from seeking the answer to our deepest longing. It is quite easy to lose ourselves, our dreams, and our deepest calling to the quest for power, fame, money, affirmation, recognition, or revenge.
Yet for some of us a question continues to lurk in the back of our minds. It is The Question of why we are here and "what is the truth." It is The Question, and it comes in many forms: "Why do I exist?" "What is the meaning of life?" "What is the purpose of my life?"
Some people become accustomed to their everyday life without the answer to that question. Many are content with not answering The Question because they are consumed with the distraction.
Others of us are driven by The Question; restless until we find the truth. Is it not comforting to know that The Question is looking for us and that it will find us if we want it to?
" Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you." - Luke 11:9 (NIV)
OUR DEEP NEED
There is a deep need in all of us. A need to belong and to know who we are and where we came from.
When this need is not met we may find ourselves trying to fulfill the longing with other things that are harmful to usthings that bid for our attention and distract us from seeking the answer to our deepest longing. It is quite easy to lose ourselves, our dreams, and our deepest calling to the quest for power, fame, money, affirmation, recognition, or revenge.
Yet for some of us a question continues to lurk in the back of our minds. It is The Question of why we are here and "what is the truth." It is The Question, and it comes in many forms: "Why do I exist?" "What is the meaning of life?" "What is the purpose of my life?"
Some people become accustomed to their everyday life without the answer to that question. Many are content with not answering The Question because they are consumed with the distraction.
Others of us are driven by The Question; restless until we find the truth. Is it not comforting to know that The Question is looking for us and that it will find us if we want it to?
" Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you." - Luke 11:9 (NIV)
