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What The Root Cause Of Desire Can Tell Us About Ourselves
There is no one size fits all answer to anything, but there are clues to hidden meanings that many of us can look at. I was talking to a friend the other day about my past and she asked me why I loved that nonprofit so much. I hadn’t talked about that work for so long I forgot how wounded I was when I left it, but there was a void in me and that job filled it. I mourned the loss of it when I left. It’s been seven years since I stepped out the doors of that organization and I finally have a hindsight view that is clear and revealing.
What we see in others could be a clue as to what to look at in ourselves. I didn’t realize that our organization helped so many people. There were the clients, co-service workers we sought to support, donors, and the wanderers. The wanderers were people that came into our building with something in their hand. I thought you could use this and then they would look around. I asked if they wanted a tour. We often ended up in a counseling room where I asked if they wanted to sit and talk. They often did.
It took me a few years to figure out that the wanderers had a past experience that caused them a great deal of pain and that led them to a place that offered hope. They didn’t know why there were there, but it settled them. Gave them peace. Those wanderers were some of my favorite people. I…
