I was lying awake in bed last night thinking about how hungry I am for life, and I how I pursue it, in good and bad ways. I picked up The Journey of Desire by John Eldredge this morning and read this quote from C.S. Lewis about desire which really struck me:
"When we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, falling about with drink and sex and ambition, when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased."
Eldredge continues:
"If only it were as strong as drink and sex and ambition. We've been bought off by clean socks and television. We'll sell our birthright for a little bit of pleasure and some peace and quiet. It hasn't taken us long to realize that life is not going to offer what we truly want, and so we've learned to reduce our desires to a more manageable size. The danger is that the soul should persuade itself that it is not hungry."