... no matter what we put our hopes in, in the morning, it is always Leah, never Rachel.... this cosmic disappointment and disillusionment is there in all of life, but we especially feel it in the things upon which we most set our hopes.
Tim Keller, Counterfeit Gods
Keller suggests there are 4 responses to this realisation:
1. Continued idolatry and spiritual addiction - You can blame the things that are disappointing you and try to move on to better ones.
2. Self-loathing and shame - You can blame yourself and beat yourself.
3. Cynicism and emptiness - You can blame the world.
4. Reorientate your life towards God and find hope in Him.
If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world [something supernatural and eternal]
C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
Links:
The story of Jacob and Leah from the Bible (Genesis 29:16-35)
'Counterfeit Gods' by Tim Keller
