To Miss And Be Missed

There are times when short blog posts are appropriate!

The holiday season can bring to the fore challenging emotions that have not been processed and still echo in our hearts.

The Czech novelist, Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) is one of my favourite authors; he combines existential insight with a beautiful sense of vulnerability and openness that permeates throughout his writing.

I come back again and again to his 'Letters to Milena'. They are replete with yearning and are lyrical, deeply romantic, and emotionally vibrant.

There are many points throughout these deeply personal exchanges that may elicit tears, or at least profound reflection.

That is why they are so valuable. They are timeless and wonderfully human.

I shall leave you with just one sentence from one of his letters, perhaps the most heartfelt and meaningful of all. To be missed is a wonderful affirmation; to miss someone is terribly painful. Yet they are both manifestations of love.

And so, allow yourself to feel what you feel, and carry that openness into the new year. Have the courage to be vulnerable.