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“I miss what I already have, and I surround myself with things that are missing.”— Jonathan Safran Foer, novelist

How might you see a color you can’t see, or describe to another person a color they can’t see? This question comes up from time to time when we talk about things we cannot find the words for. It’s a reference to blind spots and how we move into new territory.

The sight people need, which would more accurately be called insight, is the understanding of what gives them purpose, meaning, and nurturance. We might call this love, since that word plays a key role and remains undefined.

On the other hand, bundling everything you need to understand about purpose, meaning, and nurturance into a single word makes it incomprehensible. The question is, how to break this concept down into understandable parts without it collapsing into conceptual rubble?