THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING LOST
I went to Finland to be creative and find myself. Instead, I got lost.
Every day, as a therapist, I listen to stories about being lost. We are either lost or stuck in life, I hear, and although we spend significant parts of our lives being in this place of lostness, we forget why being there is so important.
Problem is, we are mapped out in advance. Every inch of our lives is committed to our diaries, to our Google Calendars, or to any other number of workflow tools that feed our terminal addiction to taming time. Every day, we’re stuck in the patterns of sameness. The great irony of putting in place all these safeguards to control life? We end up not knowing who we are, what’s important to us and what we need. We are so lost in the busyness of things to do, places to go and people to see that we lose ourselves and each other along the way.
In therapy, I’m reminded daily that being lost is a gift because it teaches you what matters in life and shows you new paths. It often changes the course of who you are and how you prefer to
