My Desire Carries Me

Have you ever played in a swimming pool and tried to hold a beach ball under the surface? Its tendency-you might even say its penchant and desire-is to rise to the surface. It is “restless” when it is held under the water. It keeps trying to sneak up from under your feet or hands, bursting towards the surface.

It wants to be floating. Conversely, when I try to placidly float on the surface of the water, my weight wants to take…