There are two basic approaches to life: One is to live from duty, the other from desire. One of them will kill your soul.

In The Journey of Desire John writes, "We all share the same dilemma - we long for life, and we're not sure where to find it. We wonder, if we ever do find it, can we make it last? ... Our days come to us as a riddle, and the answers aren't handed out with our birth certificates. We must journey to find the life we prize. And the guide we have been given is the desire set deep within - the desire we often overlook or mistake for something else or even choose to ignore."

The modern church often teaches people to kill desire and calls that sanctification. "But," Eldredge says, "Christianity is not an invitation to become a moral person. It is not a program for getting us in line or for reforming society. ... At its core Christianity begins with an invitation to desire."

The secret of your life was written by God in your heart's desire.