A friend spoke yesterday about the role of emptiness in our lives. It is counter-intuitive to consider its value, especially in our culture. People don't understand emptiness and the importance of it until they've been emptied....
Our frantic days are really just a hedge against emptiness.
-- Tim Kreider
Some may think this is 'a bit over-stated', but I think not. Just watch what happens when you don't have something to do...how quickly you run to fill it with something else. Watch how ferociously you are willing to attack something (someone) that pokes at the possibility of you being emptied. We are frantic about it...much more than we realize.
The good news is that emptiness creates an echo of the bitterness we hold over not getting what we want...but in way that reveals to us what we didn't even know we wanted. It is the beauty of submitting to something that is good for us.
