There are many things that I want out of life and many goals that I aspire to reach. I hope to finish college, have a successful career, raise a big family, and travel a lot. All of those things are important to me, but what’s even more important are the things that we want that are not tangible and untouchable. It’s these desires that make us human and that keep us dreaming. These are the desires that make me, me.

I want to fly.

I want to run as fast as I can, jumping from rooftops, and I want to miss the ground. I want to soar up to the stars racing against the birds and planes and blend in among constellations where I can almost touch God’s hand. I want to come back down to earth but miss the ground again. I want to dive into the rivers, lakes, and oceans and touch the bottom swimming next to unseen creatures. I want to swim ashore and find myself walking among the world’s animals and creatures that God created Himself and in His own image. I want to run with the cheetahs, graze with the elks, hunt with the lions, crawl with the ants, build with the beavers, swim the sharks, howl with the wolves. I want to fly until I cannot fly anymore.

I want to love. I want my heart to beat so fast that I’m convinced it will burst out of my chest. I want to fall in love so hard that no one can catch me and then fall out of love so fast no one even notices. I want to get the butterflies every day for the rest of my life. I want those butterflies to always be caused by the same person. I want to love someone so much that they have no choice but to love me back. I want to love myself. I want to love until I cannot love anymore.

I want to give. I want to take everything from myself and give it those who don’t have what I have. I want to give away my eyes to the blind, my ears to the deaf, my strength to the weak. I want to give my courage to the scared children and give my kindness to the people who make the children scared. I want to give my love to the unloved and my peace to the restless. I want to give all that I have until I cannot give anymore.

I want to scream. I want to shout my opinions across the rooftops until everyone in the world hears my voice. I want to tell every person I have ever met exactly what I think about them without apologies. I want to get the attention of every man and woman just to tell them what I am thinking about in that moment. I want my thoughts written across the wind for everyone to see and my opinions splattered on every cloud. I want to scream until I cannot scream anymore.

I want to feel. I want to be so happy that I can’t calm my breathes and so sad that I forget how to breathe. I want to hate someone so much I can’t look at them. I want to feel so much at once that I feel nothing at all. I want to feel the pain of my friends when they suffer and the happiness of my family when they prosper. I want to feel until I cannot feel anymore.

There are so many things I want out of life but the most important things are those that are not tangible.