Tuesday, September 23, 2025

It's part of us

 

It goes back to the beginning, when we first become cognizant of ourselves, that feeling that something is missing. As we grow, learn and encounter others like ourselves, we are constantly examining, exploring and reviewing in hopes of finding that missing something.

Is it another person, a situation or item?  Is it a feeling or knowledge of something?  That curiosity stays with us, and it festers just below the surface.  We’re always aware of it, even if it isn’t foremost in our thoughts, it’s still there.

We don’t always realize it, but it is a driving force.  We watch for it during our working live, and some seek it in church, or school.  But it isn’t knowledge and maybe it isn’t even something we’re supposed to find.  It is all together possible it is an inherent loneliness built into our makeup.

It's that part of us making us human, causing us to consider others, to conform to our surroundings, and accept our fate.  Some might say it is our motivation, our drive, and it pushes them to climb social ladders, or to make more and more money, believing becoming rich is the answer.

This article draws no conclusions.  If you were hoping to discover the answer, I apologize.  My only intent here was to illuminate that part of our inner workings that remains a mystery.  In fact, if you were hoping to discover the answer, it’s that part of you that raised your hopes.




Z. Corwin



 

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