Crisis
(cri-sis) noun
a time of difficulty, trouble or danger: creating a crisis generally gets you a lot of
attention.
As I see it, the inherent flaw in human nature is our need
to be loved.
We can pretend that we are tough and portray ourselves as stoic
warriors to the outside world, yet intrinsically, we need, and crave that
affirmation from an exterior source. The
desire to be loved, cared about and made to feel special is part of our genetic
make-up. We want to be a part of
something that is bigger than ourselves, something that defines us beyond our
own narrow, self obsessed point of view.
This need to be loved can get us in a lot of trouble.
In my family, when one is feeling unloved, we do something
unusual – my husband calls it creating a crisis.
This means we invent a calamity and then milk it for all
it’s worth.
