"Our Wantings"

       These words struck me in a poem by Rumi:  "our wantings."  A nice double meaning, things that we desire and qualities that we lack.

       They can take us in contrasting directions, worth considering.

       What we want may not be what we lack; what we are deficient in may not be what we desire.

       (The words are from "When We Pray Alone," translation by Coleman Barks, from The Essential Rumi.)