Longing: strong persistent desire or craving, esp for something unattainable or distant.
Longing is in direct contrast to having- therefore is directly related to time.
PROSPECTIVE longing (longing stemming from not having) is entirely different than QUONDAM longing (stemming from no longer having).
Prospective longing is potentially exciting. It inspires the initiation of action (which may simultaneously be inhibited by the possibility of failure). Quondam longing is inapplicable in the same manner. It does not, by nature, inspire action other than the subduing of itself. It is quelled by two means- 1. the shifting of attention towards other manifestations of time (the banal or the future) or 2. the indulgence in memory which acts as a "wringing out of the rag".
Longing is in direct contrast to having- therefore is directly related to time.
PROSPECTIVE longing (longing stemming from not having) is entirely different than QUONDAM longing (stemming from no longer having).
Prospective longing is potentially exciting. It inspires the initiation of action (which may simultaneously be inhibited by the possibility of failure). Quondam longing is inapplicable in the same manner. It does not, by nature, inspire action other than the subduing of itself. It is quelled by two means- 1. the shifting of attention towards other manifestations of time (the banal or the future) or 2. the indulgence in memory which acts as a "wringing out of the rag".
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