The Corporate Lost

These people are not poor… but they are……..
These people are not in need… but they are……
These people are not lost… but they are…….

I sat around the table of another corporate dinner party and was again struck by the emptiness at the table.
Not at emptiness of food or supposed success, but at the emptiness of spirit.
The silences between the mouthfuls of food and business talk, spoke to me more than the conversation.
These silences told of an empty space…
An empty space instead of laughter……
An empty space instead of sharing…..
An empty space instead of relationship…..

These dinners fill me up.
I fill up on the realization of the richness of relationship in my life
I fill up with the gratitude of gift of transparency of those in my life

These dinners also leave me feeling empty.
Empty for the life that these around live
Empty for the poor in spirit
Empty for those who are in need without knowing
Empty for those who are lost…