"It's not that we have desire--we are desire.
Desire is the essence of the human soul, the secret of our existence. Absolutely nothing of human greatness was every accomplished without it. Not a symphony has ever been written, a mountain climbed, an injustice fought, or a love sustained apart from desire. Desire fuels our search for the life we prize.
We cannot solve the riddle of our existence, nor can be find the answer to our deepest questions without these deepest desires of out heart.
That's why the greatest human tragedy of all is to abandon the desires of your heart, to give up searching for life. For in those hidden desires, you will discover the person you were meant to be and the life you were meant to live."
John Eldredge, Dare to Desire: An Invitation to Fulfill Your Deepest Dreams (Nashville: J. Countryman, 2002), 20-21.
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