I'm sitting in my office trying to talk myself into Eli Manning and the New York Giants when I saw that Heath Ledger had died. It was one of those surreal moments where you don't really know what to think or feel. I never knew the guy. I liked a few of his movies. And yet, somehow, it really got me down. Here's this gifted young man in the prime of his life: looks, talent, money, fame and yet authorities suspect that he died of an accidental drug overdose. I couldn't help but wonder why Heath needed drugs. Honestly, we can ponder all we want about why he might have taken all those pills. We probably will never know. But I expect that Heath knew there was something beyond the fame, fortune and women. There was a hole in his heart that none of those things could fill. There was something that he was looking for that he couldn't quite find. That makes me very sad. I believe strongly that God created us to live fulfilling and satisfying lives. Most people would have looked at Heath and concluded that his life was fulfilling his wildest dreams. Apparently it wasn't. Apparently there was something more that he was longing for. What do you think that "thing" was? What was it that was missing from his life that would have caused him to want to numb the pain to the point that he could die? What do you think?
P.S. I'll have more on Eli and the Giants in the days to come...
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Hi Dan ... what was missing indeed ... it is my belief that all of us are born with an empty place inside our being and one of the driving forces of our life is filling that hole. People try to fill this emptiness with wine, women/men or song ... cars, boats or houses ... status, power or money ... but nothing "fits" and thus, they must keep looking.
The ancient philosopher Pascal suggested that the only thing that can fill this vacuum is God and so, to be whole, we must bond with God and this is, I believe, the process of spiritual formation.
Well said Ron. It's amazing how we think these "things" you mention will bring the fulfillment we've longed for all along and then we end up just wanting more...and more...and more...Maybe there is something to this God thing after all.
Well said Ron. It's amazing how we think these "things" you mention will bring the fulfillment we've longed for all along and then we end up just wanting more...and more...and more...Maybe there is something to this God thing after all.
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