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Longing, for everyone, is always there, isn't it? More intense at some times than others. You get closer to less longing - an odd metaphoric phrasing, I realize - then, you are further and longing more than ever again.

The human longings that are deep inside of us never go away. They exist across cultures; they exist throughout life. When people were first made, our deepest longing was to know and be known. And after the Fall, when we all got weird, it's still our deepest longing - but it's now also our deepest fear.

If some longing goes unmet, don't be astonished. We call that Life.

Longing is like the rosy dawn. After the dawn out comes the sun. Longing is followed by the vision of God.

The act of longing for something will always be more intense than the requiting of it.

Longing and desire goes further than instant satisfaction. That's human nature.

Is there anything better than to be longing for something, when you know it is within reach?

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter into another!

Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire.

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.