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We all want something. We long for something we often can't name or even identify. This universal human experience transcends culture, generation, and circumstance. It is woven into the very fabric of what it means to be human. Longing, or a yearning desire, is one of the great shared human realities that connects us all in our deepest places. In some way this has to do with our very humanity.
We often overlook our longings precisely because they're unseen and invisible, operating beneath the surface of our conscious awareness. It's easy to get into a habit of doing, acting, talking and living out of rhythms and routines, all while overlooking that something underneath drives all of this. That driving force is longing, and our longings are intimately connected to our desires in ways that shape our entire existence.
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