To deny that we all get lost is to blind our eyes to the truth about ourselves and others. We often, for example, get lost in our pursuit of meaning or love or success or purpose or importance. We get lost in our dependence on people and things to “save” us from aloneness, insecurity, and a sense of inadequacy. We get lost when hopes and dreams crash and burn—when one of our children goes off the deep end, when our parents get divorced, when a marriage fails, when she breaks up with you, when you don’t get the job you want or get into the school you want. We get lost in anger, hurt, ambition,
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