Why do we long for things we don’t have?
Girls with curly hair wish for straight hair
Boys crave the prowess perceived in other males
Women envy smaller bodies, smooth skin, and contentment
Men want power over that one more last indefinable thing.
Can there be a suitable reason to explain these longings,
these cravings for things we don’t have?
Some are valid and important, yet other seems to be only surface things
although nonetheless important.
Why do we feel hunger beyond our current blessings?
Is what we have not enough?
Will nothing satisfy us?
Are we just one-dimensional spoiled people?
I think not.
I'm learning that we are so deep and complex
that as we learn about ourselves, as we grow,
other elements develop,
yearnings surface – maybe nostalgia,
parts of who we are that may have been lost
are rediscovered.
We grow
We learn
We crave to know more
be more
love more
be part of something more
And, tell me friend,
how can that be shallow?
Isn’t that the definition of deep?
Of Course! Thanks for poetically and succinctly defining the term.
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