One Apple A Day #574 - yearning
Yesterday a friend caught me off guard during a conversation. She just asked me what my yearning is.
Silence.
I had no answers ready. I tried to find something in the hidden corners of my mind, but nothing. I've been thinking about that question since then without finding a definitive answer.
To yearn means to have an earnest or strong desire for something or someone. Sure there are things that I desire, people that I love. But I can't point my focus on one thing. That one "thing" that I desire with such intensity to fill up my mind, my heart and my soul.
Then in another conversation, I was reminded that sometimes thinking about something can get in the way of getting it. It's one of the fascinating paradox of our mind.
"The harder we try with the conscious will to do something, the less we shall succeed. Proficiency and results come only to those who have learned the paradoxical art of doing and not doing, or combining relaxation with activity." — Aldous Huxley
So, I've decided that if I really want to discover what I yearn for, the only way is to stay open and allow for the answer to emerge.