Desire is a powerful feeling indeed, in our day to day existence it drives us. A desire for something beyond ourselves, something just beyond our reach. The fuel for dreams so i hear. Your entire being pulsates with anticipation and want. A cold flame of excitement burning within.

We desire a lot of things, some burning brighter than others. Even though our wants vary from person to person, one thing remains the same. There is no lack of want of something greater than ourselves. Desire has been with us since the beginning of human existence. Though undefined for centuries, millennia even it is what tore us from our slumber, enabling us to test the boundaries of our existence. Gradually enabling us to keep on improving and growing.

In Greek culture, before the laying to rest of a bereaved only one question is asked, did he have passion? For who among us would not want to be defined by this intangible force, this intangible yearning. Many a man has lived for moments like this. It would test the resolve of anyone but through it you find purpose.

Passion, it lies in all of us, sleeping… waiting and though unwanted, unbidden it will stir… open its jaws and howl. It speaks to us, guides us. Passion rules us all. And we obey. What other choice do we have? It is the source of our finest moments, but also our grief and hurt, If we could live without passion maybe we’d know some kind of peace, but we would be hollow.

-Frederick Nietze