hello // longing

(wow. it's been a while. 

so long that I forgot my password and had to reset it, oops.)

I have many. 

we each have our own:

longing. 

a yearning desire.

a craving, an ache.

to be someone else.

to be a different version of yourself.

to be somewhere else.

to know God better. 

to understand the world around you. 

to love more passionately. 

to have a positive attitude. 

to spend more time in His presence. 

to be completely healed. 

to be the best at your craft. 

to always be on time, always be ready.

to make dreams a reality.

to turn despair to hope, sadness to joy.

to share beauty.

to be heard.

to be loved.

virtuous hopes, misplaced ambitions. all these longings.

whether we accomplish what we think is success

or we persist in emptiness

it consumes us - chasing satisfaction.

but think.

think of this my friend -

when this world is past,

these unfulfilled aches will no longer exhaust our hearts.

they will be so far removed 

that we no longer remember the barren, desolate void they left in their wake.

we will be perfectly content.

completely filled.

fully satisfied.

(word of advice - even if you never publish them, do some kind of blogging. or journaling. or something you can look back on. it doesn't have to be long or complicated or artistic or eloquent. just a reminder, a little marker for you to look back and say "hey, I'm farther than I was. I conquered that battle. or I'm still fighting, and I haven't given up." etc. and all those cool things.)