'Here’s the advice we should be giving (and learning from) this time of year: it’s not about finding what you want and striving for it. It’s about discerning what’s worth wanting and devoting your life to that'
. They work together at the Yale Center for Faith & Culture at Yale Divinity Schoolagain, and, per usual, sage words to comfort, inspire, and orient young people abound. From parents and teachers to grandparents and friends, we find ourselves looking for something wise, caring, and encouraging to say—many times, to little effect.
First, it’s not as lonely. Our desires are slippery, fickle things. It’s extraordinarily difficult to pin them down, particularly while billion-dollar corporations work daily to unearth and reshape them. And nobody but you can judge whether you’ve found what you really want. Sure, others can offer advice and perspective, but when it comes down to it, each of us is alone with our desires.
Second, our desires simply aren’t sturdy enough to handle the weight of orienting our lives. Considered on their own, our desires are arbitrary. Without a background of meaning and worth, they’re insubstantial. When we try to build a life on them, they’re apt to crumble.
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