It would realize a yearning, as old as the story of Prometheus, to bring the light of the heavens to Earth, and bend it to humanity's will.
I realized I was yearning for an opportunity to get exposure to and understanding of the processes involved in the development of a therapeutic/biotech product relative to the postclinical research phase.
There I saw all these thousands of young people who the world condemned as being dope addicts and I realized that they were yearning for something holy, and their souls were so pure, awesome!
Nostalgia, I realized, wasn't about yearning to turn back the clock or a strange and silly affection for the Smurfs (or the Snorks), but rather a compass that, in the same way we visit different places, could allow us to visit different times.
Gazing at the greenery around me, I realized how much I yearned for a more holistic and integrative perspective on the science I was studying.
To realize that the yearning of our heart and the force of our intention can bring about the miracle of transformation.
I realized this was a universal yearning, at least among mothers, when I was reading aloud from a Harry Potter book and I came to the part where Harry acquires a map that shows the current location of every person at Hogwarts School.
Sometimes we realize why we yearned for it in the first place, and sometimes it becomes clear it's not actually what we wanted at all.
It was the sort of scene between the two stars that the Giants yearned for, but finally realized Sunday night.
Kathi Kamen Goldmark had made a lot of friends in the literary world by shepherding authors on book tours when one day inspiration struck: what the very best authors yearn to be, she realized, are rock stars.
Or, we may fear that the outcome of our apology -- the forgiveness that we seek, the closeness for which we yearn -- won't be realized.
