What (Really) Satisfies Our Cravings?

Amyk, thank you for sharing this thought-provoking article with us. I have tried to satiate with various wells over the years. However, your point about connection, respect, acceptance, and love is valid – all of these hold a place in my life. Like Maureen, sometimes, my thirst is satiated out of curiosity and boredom. I also think that what we are thirsty for depends on where we are at in our life. Instant gratification may give us that rush initially, but it fades away. True satisfaction, when we find it or develop it, is felt wholeheartedly and is something we carry with us through the many chapters of our lives.

I appreciate your reminder to be clear about what we truly value so we can focus our life energy in that direction, AmyK.
As someone who has yearned for deep, healthy, kind, meaningful connection with people for a lifetime, I have to admit that the other “things” haven’t not really captured my attention as much as an understanding of what loving, forgiving, and accepting myself and others is all about. I notice I live in a culture that craves the distractions and I certainly distracted myself, too. How important to sit quietly, to reflect, to listen to one’s heart to sort out what will have us fulfilled from the inside out. I have discovered that cultivating an enduring connection to that part of me that watches the movie of me and life, sets me free.

Thank you for these words of reminder.

Amyk, Thank you to yourself and Dennis for seeking out my comments regarding your article. I am a very humble person who is not given to expensive cars, mansions, jewelry, luxury resorts or anything even close. My main pleasures are folk music, cold Brooklyn sinkwater, the video billboards in Manhattan or other things along those lines. I want to be thought of as a good and caring person. In business, I want to be known as somebody who can (and has) put “deals” together. Those that have known me for awhile pretty much are aware of what makes me tick. My actions or lack thereof speak for me. I try to separate business from personal. Each has its own dynamics. Certainly, I want a good professional reputation along with the spoils that go with it. Away from that world I just like to keep life simple with putting in a concerted effort not to be noticed.

I work with many shelters getting Dogs and Cats adopted. This is a big part of my life. I love to write and lastly the thing I love most is walking down a Dirt Road looking up at an Autumn moon with my wife, grandchildren and the our dogs in tow

I am an animal advocate working with rescues, this is very rewarding and after that walking down a Dirt Road with my wife and our Dogs in tow.

I have never been one to chase the next “thing.” My motivation is to give back in my community, from founding a youth mentoring program to working on policies that support children and families, to volunteering at on my state’s Commission on Children & Families, the local food bank or other worthy cause. I’ve been fortunate that I have “enough” to fully express myself in this way. he bottom line, is I am happy with my life and the results of the work I have done and the work I am now doing.

As I ponder your work, Amyk, I so can see my own tendencies to look at satiating in both wells my own thirst out of curiosity and boredom at times. It has depended on where I have been in my own happiness and contentment throughout my life. All-in-all the most satisfying well to drink from goes much deeper then the next rush of dopamine achieved in buying, planing, or teasing as you so aptly stated. Thank you sincerely for allowing me to reflect for myself on where I stand, today.