The Reality of Yearning
I am sitting in my kitchen at this moment. There is a small bit of evening light peaking through my blinds. No one else is here and all I can hear is the traffic driving by outside my window. Here I am with a thought still lingering from days ago and its rising up in my chest in a way I don't want to dismiss. So I am going to share it with you... Yearning... I saw the word in a sea of text next to an instagram handle. I scrolled down to the bottom and read these words: "Look, I know how much yearning for something so sacred seems to highlight what you don't have... in some way or another, we're all either yearning for something or all will someday. I think maybe it's a reminder of our yearning for heaven-- for more than this world has to offer even once we have all that we want." Reality... Those words sat with me for a long while before I was able to get to sleep that night. Because she was right. Intense and deep yearning highlights all around the thing we