Longing. It’s something each of us can relate to. Longing for what was, and sometimes for what has never been.

Have you loved well? And lost? Remember the feeling of them beside you? The ease of it? Sharing a knowing smile across the table or a caress underneath it. The way you laughed together?

Longing often comes from loss. It can be as light as nostalgia or as deep and cutting as a gaping wound. But would we undo it all? No. I wouldn’t. Not a minute.

Does longing have a purpose? I think so.

It reminds us of the beauty we once experienced. It engages us.

We long for past lovers, for community, for broken friendships, for souls who have departed.

A song like Labyrinth’s “Jealous” can instantly take me back to that moment when I was loved well. When I felt completed. I want to stop whatever I’m doing and GO THERE. I may sit, close my eyes, and let myself remember what it felt like to be deeply connected to another soul. The comfort, the hope, the joy, the utter satisfaction of it.

Maybe longing can encourage us to allow it all to happen again. To let our guard down and let another beautiful human in, into our life, into our heart, into our body. Because we aren’t meant to walk this life alone. That, my friends, is the truth of it.

Take a listen. Have a mindful moment and savor it.

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