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Dealing with Disturbing Insights Just the other day I revisited a book which was a big seller a few years back. You might remember it. 'Passages', by Gail Sheehy. At the age of 35 she was confronted with an horrific scene which jolted her very existence and caused her to feel the urgency of life. She was covering a story in Northern Ireland and saw a young man shot down in front of her. She suddenly came face to face with her own mortality. But in reality she began to live. Her inner vision had changed and she saw life in a new way. All of us like, Gail Sheehy, are faced from time to time with a barrage of questions about ultimate purposes, meaning and values. The urgency of our own life can suddenly grip us and we feel this deep need to search for meaning. This can be initially a traumatic and disturbing moment. Such moments of self-realisation, of inner anguish, can often leave us feeling alone and frightened. However, we are not alone in these experiences although at the time we may believe we are on our own. In fact in some ways we are. There are times when we all stand alone shuddering in the knowledge, excitement and fear of our own unique existence, being acutely conscious of our selves being confronted with seemingly unanswerable questions surrounding us. We can in such moments catch a glimpse of the immensity of the many unfathomable riddles and mysteries of life. Such insights can so change and challenge us that we are driven by them into a deeper quest for meaning because our own being demands it of us. When such challenges come, see them signals pointing you towards deeper personal growth. Your soul and mind are now restless. Let them grow. |
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