By keeping our divine origin in mind, we keep our discontent in a proper perspective. Emerson advances his essay on the Over-Soul with this question: “What is the ground of this uneasiness of ours; of this old discontent? What is the universal sense of want and ignorance, but the fine innuendo by which the soul makes its enormous claim?” His answer follows: “ … Man is a stream whose source is hidden. Our being is descending into us from we know not whence.” If you are dissatisfied with something or someone, perhaps it is because you know, or have an inner sense, that Life is greater than this. We are discontented because we know that there is more to us, more for us, and more that we can do. But, let’s not make the mistake that some of his
