So many things run through my mind each day, I never know where to let my thoughts land. I am always thinking about the people I meet and all the things that are going through their minds. Is it that when you sit in a meeting that your thoughts influence other people's thoughts? Sometimes it seems we are all on the same page and others it's hardly like we even speak the same language.
Today was no exception. I engaged someone in a conversation in the office, but felt the person was totally disconnected from the conversation even though the words were spewing from her mouth. Had I interrupted her surfing the internet? Had I interrupted her typing an email about someone we both know? Well, she is in human resources for goodness sake. Had she totally been thinking about something that totally didn't have anything to do with me, and my presence interrupted that thought? Maybe she just had to go to the bathroom? Or maybe she just didn't want to talk to someone right that minute.
There are so many explanations. How many times do we perceive a situation as something that it is not and let that define our day or our life? Has someone ever said something to you that still emerges in your memory as painful? Maybe that person wasn't even talking about you when they made the comment or gesture that you so vividly remember. However, you have been carrying around the hurt of that situation.
What is inside of us that makes us live this way? Seems to me it is a desire to belong. What is belonging anyway? Truly it is acceptance of someone as they are, and if that is what belonging means, it seems we are all seeking it in some way or another.
What a day I've had learning to accept myself and all of the people I've met along the way. Let's belong together. Peace,
Eileen
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That's so weird... I was just thinking about the same theme yesterday after I was invited to lunch with some friends- something that is not very common actually. So often I feel alone although in a crowd of many. The invitation warmed my heart more than the invitee may ever understand. Our hearts do long for communion- that's how HE created us isn't it?
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