The Lord is my Shepherd . . .
Love is as essential as food.
Nothing cures that ache, he tells us. There is little joy in trying to make yourself acceptable and never being sure whether or not you have been able to do it. What a difference it makes when you know that someone loves you deeply, unconditionally, unreservedly. I am fairly certain that Larkin never met my mother, so I assume he experienced that love from his mother, or father, or our Father. Too many people live with that open wound of never knowing the love for which they long.