What you got a hankering for?
Yearning: to have an interest or strong desire; longing; to be moved or attracted toward. We have all kinds of "longings" don't we? When the day just seem to drag on and on at work, we "long" to be home or out pursuing some other activity. When the laundry is piled high and the sun is shining, we long to be outside enjoying the weather, not scrubbing away yesterday's stains. When the traffic jam keeps us inching along, we long for another passenger in our car so we can take the high-occupancy lane! All kinds of "yearnings", huh? It is the process of "yearning" which actually gets us to take steps forward most of the time. We just aren't satisfied with the way things are, so we move toward what or where we think things will be different. For example, we sign up for the carpool club at work so we don't have to wait in the rush hour traffic, or we do a load of laundry here and there so the weekends are free of "househol...