One Big Love- The Thread That Connects Us All

Hope Lives On and Love Remains

While I studied clinical psychology, I spent most of my career in an administrative capacity. When I visit, when I talk with my friends who are counselors I sometimes miss those days when I was privileged to do the kind of work they do. And when I play Walter Mitty and think about being a clinician I think I would want to specialize. I think I would want to work with those who are struggling with losses.

It’s not hard to understand why. Because many of the most powerful experiences of my life have involved loss. I loss two loves as well as other family members. I loss a lot of my physical capacity and ability as my ankle deteriorated. I loss many of my illusions about life.

In these times of financial crisis and uncertainty loss is very much in the picture. People are loosing jobs, loosing homes, loosing savings.

Over these last couple of weeks I’ve talked with several friends who have experienced financial losses akin to those experienced by my parents in the great depression. People who have had their life savings wiped out, people who are moving out of their homes as they are being foreclosed on, people loosing their jobs, people who are loosing the sense of knowing where life is taking them.

If we pay attention to it loss is always in the air. It’s always right around us touching our lives and the lives of people we know and love. And now with all of this financial upheaval the reality of loss is hitting home with greater visibility.
Because you are here you already know something about the importance of the spiritual dimension of life. You already know that the spiritual dimension is just as important as every other dimension of life. It’s just as important as the physical dimension of life. And you know that no one can do well in life without spiritual strength.
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