As they waited for the operation to be completed, the sweaty palms and nervousness echoed around them. The look on the doctor's face that she had been successful with the operation and relieved that everything went according to plan, showed me that she too had found her Magic Formula. For her, this is how she feels fulfilled and contributes to other people's lives. There are thousands of stories like these, where we set out to fill the void and embrace the answers to our questions. What we eventually learn is that most of what we need from life involves other people.
Life is meant to be shared.
It's a continuing process, this Magic Formula. Once you have discovered it, you must continue to practice it. Bob and Shirley, the motorhome people, continue to drive off each month to seek out new places to visit. They fully believe that the more they explore, the more they grow. The surgeon goes home feeling she has done the best job she could, even if things don't always work out exactly the way she wanted.