I've found that my clients' discontents are often rooted in an unmet longing for wildness, mystery, and a meaningful engagement with the world.
- Bill Plotkin
I've found that my clients' discontents are often rooted in an unmet longing for wildness, mystery, and a meaningful engagement with the world. - Bill Plotkin
Most of the time there is a gap between the life we know is possible and the one we live. That gap appears as restlessness, pain, longing, fear, irredeemable loneliness, your skin crawling—some uncomfortable state.
John Tarrant • Bring Me the Rhinoceros: And Other Zen Koans That Will Save Your Life
The only way I knew to deal with my acute discontentment was to indulge more and more in distractions, addictions, and pushing myself to strive for accomplishments I could one day feel worthy of.
Anne Berube • The Burnout Antidote
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What if, buried in your ambition, is a desire for something more, someone else? Might that explain the persistent disappointment?
James K. A. Smith • On the Road with Saint Augustine: A Real-World Spirituality for Restless Hearts
The melancholy know that many of the things we most want are in tragic conflict: to feel secure and yet to be free; to have money and yet not to have to be beholden to others; to be in close-knit communities and yet not to be stifled by the expectations and demands of society; to explore the world and yet to put down deep roots; to fulfil the deman
... See moreAlain De Botton • The School of Life: An Emotional Education
A third premise is that every human being has a unique and mystical relationship to the wild world, and that the conscious discovery and cultivation of that relationship is at the core of true adulthood. In contemporary society, we think of maturity simply in terms of hard work and practical responsibilities. I believe, in contrast, that true adult
... See moreBill Plotkin • Nature and the Human Soul: Cultivating Wholeness and Community in a Fragmented World
The call of the soul to grow spiritually comes to us in the form of our personal longings. Every human being longs for something we believe will make our lives more fulfilling. This may come to us as longing for a deep mutuality with a mate or for meaningful work or for a more loving family. Or our desires may be for spiritual fulfillment, for a de
... See moreEva Pierrakos • The Undefended Self: Living the Pathwork
All of the things we want, or have been taught to want, flood in. It turns out our wants are not as clear as we may have thought. As we attempt to sort through the endless images offered up by our desires, we realize they come from many sources: what our culture values, what our family considers worthwhile, what our friends or social circles prize,
... See moreJames Doty • Mind Magic
Living outside of ourselves, we are disembodied. We have disconnected from our spiritual spring of unlimited energy and are operating from a finite source. When we engage in selfless service from a place of disconnection we can’t truly be fulfilled. This is the root of our suffering. We will be hounded by the feeling that something is missing in ou
... See moreAnne Berube • The Burnout Antidote
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