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 dies.
We are often unaware of it,
but it is always awake.
It is the Human desire for Love.
Every person in this Earth yearns to love,
to be loved, to know love.
Our true identity, our reason for being
is to be found in this desire.
Love is the “why” of life,
why we are functioning at all.
I am convinced
it is the fundamental energy
of the human spirit.
the fuel on which we run,
the wellspring of our vitality.
And grace,
which is the flowing,
creative activity, of love itself,
is what makes all goodness possible.
Love should come first,
it should be the beginning of,
and the reason for everything.”
A Pathway to God 
4 responses to “Gerald G. May on Desire”
[…] untuk menghidupi sesuatu. Orang yang punya kerendahan hati ketiga memiliki passion, greget, hasrat bernyala atas pilihannya untuk sungguh hidup sesuai dengan azas dan dasar. Dalam diri orang seperti ini, […]
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[…] menaruh harapan pada apa atau siapa pun. Lebih dari itu, orang bahkan mau menghilangkan desire (ini kata Gerald G. May soal desire) atau pun keinginan-keinginan yang barangkali justru penting untuk peningkatan kualitas hidupnya […]
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[…] datang dari orang tuanya? Tidak, karena bahkan keinginan orang tua untuk menikah saja berasal dari desire yang pemantiknya bukanlah diri mereka […]
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Interesting poem, but guess the love the poet referring here is not limited only for certain kind of love not even mere an Agape, but rather a more extended type of love to involve all emotional & tender feelings of human beings🙏
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