\section{Longing is Not Always Noble}

\lettrine{L}{onging} is not always noble. 
Not every impulse is sacred. 
Longing has shadows, distortions, and dark twins. 

Not every unfinished feeling should be romanticized. 

Some forms of restlessness \textit{are} pathology. 
Some forms of desire are merely appetite. 
Some wounds do not reveal the structure of reality; they simply need healing.

But not all of them.

Some of the deepest motions in us are not mistakes to be corrected.

They are clues --- and sometimes, warnings.