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Copyright: James T. Baker
Last Updated 07.2007
Last Updated 07.2007
| COMING SOON!!! |
We are born. If we are lucky, or some would say,
“Blessed,” we live until we reach seventy or maybe
eighty years of age. And, we die. In between these
events, most of us need more than we get from
others. Interest. Understanding. Kindness.
Loyalty. And much more. Most of the time, we
accept the limits of their interest, understanding,
kindness, loyalty, and much more, knowing that all
of these things are trapped in the minds, hearts,
and life spans of those from whom we need so
much. They get tired and can’t play with us. They
get hungry and irritated with us. They go to work
and abandon us.
Or, sometimes, they just disappear from our lives.
They leave us, causing us to wonder whether they
will ever be with us again or whether they are alive.
They cause us to ache for their presence, to give
us at least a mere nod to our existence or maybe a
word that tells us that we truly matter to someone.
What’s worse, they stir doubt within us about
whether we are worth the care we want. And,
maybe, they cause us to look for them, knowing
that we may never find them, let alone get the
precious gifts of love for which we desperately
long. They force us to make decisions about their
worth to us, to tell ourselves with finality that their
lives have ended, even when we know that they live
and breathe without us, as if they lived in an
alternate universe.
Naturally, the meaning of life’s QUEST is different
for each one of us. A reading of this book—
QUEST—will confirm for each of us who reads it the
significance of the quest in all of our lives: The
quest for meaningful relationships. QUEST reminds
us of an inconvenient truth, the obligation to reckon
with life as it is, when meaningful relationships
evade our grasp.
Besides, QUEST is a heck of great story!
“Blessed,” we live until we reach seventy or maybe
eighty years of age. And, we die. In between these
events, most of us need more than we get from
others. Interest. Understanding. Kindness.
Loyalty. And much more. Most of the time, we
accept the limits of their interest, understanding,
kindness, loyalty, and much more, knowing that all
of these things are trapped in the minds, hearts,
and life spans of those from whom we need so
much. They get tired and can’t play with us. They
get hungry and irritated with us. They go to work
and abandon us.
Or, sometimes, they just disappear from our lives.
They leave us, causing us to wonder whether they
will ever be with us again or whether they are alive.
They cause us to ache for their presence, to give
us at least a mere nod to our existence or maybe a
word that tells us that we truly matter to someone.
What’s worse, they stir doubt within us about
whether we are worth the care we want. And,
maybe, they cause us to look for them, knowing
that we may never find them, let alone get the
precious gifts of love for which we desperately
long. They force us to make decisions about their
worth to us, to tell ourselves with finality that their
lives have ended, even when we know that they live
and breathe without us, as if they lived in an
alternate universe.
Naturally, the meaning of life’s QUEST is different
for each one of us. A reading of this book—
QUEST—will confirm for each of us who reads it the
significance of the quest in all of our lives: The
quest for meaningful relationships. QUEST reminds
us of an inconvenient truth, the obligation to reckon
with life as it is, when meaningful relationships
evade our grasp.
Besides, QUEST is a heck of great story!