Every craving that we experience finds a suitable object that satisfies and fulfills that longing.  Our body hungers; and there is food. We thirst; and there is water.  We are born brimming with curiosity; and there is a world to explore an the sensory equipment with which to do so.  Other ennobling passions both encompass and transcend bodily longing.  We crave intimacy and companionship; and there is human love, as essential to happiness and thriving as any nutrient.

Terryl & Fiona Givens, The God Who Weeps, pg. 12-13