Daily Meditation-June 3-2010

taken from Meditations for Women Who Do Too Much  

Emptiness  

When one is a stranger to oneself, then one is estranged from others too.
Anne Wilson Schaef

Whenever we stop long enough, we are aware of an inner feeling of emptiness. This feeling is so terrifying that we immediately get busy and try to block it out. We head to the refrigerator and attempt to bury it with food. We try to drown it with drink. We get very active with new projects or activities. We watch television.

If we just knew what to do to make this feeling go away, we would do it. We are competent women, and we can handle almost anything when we know what it is . All we really experience is the absence of something. We have a vague recollection that we once knew what it was, and we can't remember it now.

MAYBE  what I am missing is myself and my connection with my Higher Power.