I caught the end of a documentary on HBO about Maurice Sendak, the children's book writer and illustrator. Sitting in a beautiful library of his lovely home, he was bemusing the fact that life seemed pointless. At the end of his life, he was asking "What was it all for?" "There must be more to life than having everything." He said he was joyless, and it depressed him to think that the great artists and writers in the world only faced death at the end of it all. No real ultimate triumph.
Apparently, in spite of having a brilliant career, meaningful long-term relationships, and financial security none of those things brought him lasting contentment. He was despondent over the fact that he felt empty inside and could do nothing about it. All of his thoughts express a deeply held fear of mine that I will still be clinging to the meager offerings of this world at the end of my life as well, and wondering why it was never enough. Hopefully, I have found a way out in ACIM, but I must be willing to give up my investment in this little self and all of its dramas that I enmeshed in.
Lesson 33 - There is another way of looking at the world.
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