"There is a desire within each of us, in the deep center of ourselves that we call our heart. We were born with it, it is never completely satisfied, and it never stops pulling at us."

—Gerald May, Will and Spirit

Much of our effort can be understood as an attempt to satisfy this desire—through achievement, through approval, through getting things right, through staying in control. These are not foolish attempts. They address something real. But the desire tends to outlast whatever we offer it. The next thing, once secured, does not quite fill the space.

May suggests this may not be a design flaw. The desire that is never completely satisfied may be pointing somewhere that finite things cannot reach. Not as a problem to solve, but as a kind of compass—always pulling, always indicating a direction. The question may not be how to silence it, but what it might be trying to say.