Well, It Takes All Kinds To Make

The Christmas Presents Once Opened Are Not So Much Fun As They Were While We Were In The Process Of Examining, Lifting, Shaking, Thinking About, And Opening Them. Three Hundred Sixty-five Days Later, We Try Again And Find That The Same Thing Has Happened. Each Time The Goal Is Reached, It Becomes Not So Much Fun, And We're Off To Reach The Next One, Then The Next One, Then The Next.

Many People Are Afraid Of Emptiness, However, Because It Reminds Them Of Loneliness. Everything Has To Be Filled In, It Seems-appointment Books, Hillsides, Vacant Lots-but When All The Spaces Are Filled, The Loneliness Really Begins. Then The Groups Are Joined, The Classes Are Signed Up For, And The Gift-to-yourself Items Are Bought. When The Loneliness Starts Creeping In The Door, The Television Set Is Turned On To Make It Go Away. But It Doesn't Go Away. So Some Of Us Do Instead, And After Discarding The Emptiness Of The Big Congested Mess, We Discover The Fullness Of Nothing.

Like Silence After Noise, Or Cool, Clear Water On A Hot, Stuffy Day, Emptiness Cleans Out The Messy Mind And Charges Up The Batteries Of Spiritual Energy. Many People Are Afraid Of Emptiness, However, Because It Reminds Them Of Loneliness.

If People Were Superior To Animals, They'd Take Good Care Of Them," Said Pooh.

Modern Man's Difficulties, Dangerous Beliefs And Feelings Of Loneliness, Spiritual Emptiness,and Personal Weakness Are Caused By His Illusions About, And Separation From, The Natural World.