Monday, Dec. 5, 2022
Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation
At the bottom of the modern man there is always a great thirst for self-forgetfulness, self-distraction …and therefore he turns away from all those problems and abysses which might recall to him his own nothingness. — Henri Amiel
Do we rush around or slide off into the world of fantasy to distract ourselves from looking at ourselves too closely? Are we afraid that we might find nothing but our own —nothingness? Is our acting out a misguided search for some kind of identity at any price?
Identity is not something given, once and for all. And perhaps there is never a fixed point at which we can say, “I am that.” Life is process, upheaval, reversal, change, and a continuous process of becoming. If we are brave enough to welcome change and the pains it can cause, we may never have to fear the vertigo of nothingness or the madness of distraction that becomes self-destruction.
I ask for the courage to welcome change so that I may continue to participate in the energy of the life process.
Hazelden Foundation
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