UNFULFILLED DESIRE

reaching out to touch

stretching...trying to connect

unfulfilled desire

despite our best efforts, sometimes, our desire is unfulfilled...even if we reach, stretch, and try to connect...we can still be left empty and unfulfilled...we can also learn something in the process...perhaps our desires were not aligned with our deeper values, or maybe the timing is off, or others may choose not to reciprocate, or we may not have the ability to communicate what we really need, or we need to regroup and sharpen our skills or build our resources or...

consider some event in the recent past where you really tried to stretch yourself to reach a goal, but it ended in "failure"...you didn't win...the competition, the promotion, the raise, the grade, the date, the bid on a project, the illness...it isn't a failure if you learned something...consider what learnings you may have gained through this loss...perhaps, in the long run, it wouldn't be best for you, perhaps your energy is needed elsewhere, perhaps it's not the appropriate season in your life...if you learned even one thing, the experience is not wasted...that doesn't mean there isn't a real sadness and loss and grief to be acknowledge and processed before moving on with life...