Self-Absorption

From Barbara Brown Taylor’s An Altar In The World, this on the practice of encountering others:

“At the very least, most of us need someone to tell our stories to.  At a deeper level, most of us need someone to help us forget ourselves, a little or a lot.  The great wisdom traditions of the world all recognize that the main impediment to living a life of meaning is being self-absorbed.”

Well, I guess it is at least comforting to know that MY “main impediment to living a life of meaning” is in line with the great wisdom traditions of the world.  That recognition is, I guess, a start.