July 8, 2025
The following reflection is excerpted from Matthew Kelly’s book “Holy Moments: A Handbook for the Rest of Your Life.”
You have so much more to offer. You sense it. You may have known it for a long time. It’s a truth that lingers, waiting patiently for us to pay attention to it. It’s a soul sense, and when your soul senses such a thing, it should never be ignored. You may find yourself thinking or saying… “Something is missing…” “There must be more to life…” “I have so much more to offer…” These are sacred truths. But we often treat them as human malfunctions. We think something is wrong. We think we need to be fixed. We view these sacred truths as problems to be solved, and that is a tragedy. When you experience these yearnings, something is very, very right! You are not malfunctioning. Nothing could be further from the truth. Your heart, mind, body, and soul are working together to get your attention. These longings are amazing signs that your whole person is functioning beautifully.
When you sense that something is missing, that there must be more to life, or that you have so much more to offer, your intuition has never been so sharp. Claim these as sacred truths about yourself. Listen and follow where they lead. Each of these yearnings is a summons to live a more meaningful life, an invitation to live life to the fullest, a sacred call to become all you were created to be. We crave more because we were made for more. We try to satisfy those cravings with trivial activity and meaningless things. But this foolishness just leaves us exhausted, dissatisfied, and hungrier than ever. These cravings testify in your heart that you were created to strive for more.
©Matthew Kelly
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