Email from National Center Word of the Week: Desire.   Word of the Week: Desire.   "An earnest wishing for something; longing; yearning. A request or prayer." ~Self-Improvement: The Basis for Community Development, Study Guide 3-Overcoming Difficulty, Glossary "A child who is crawling does not realize he has the ability to walk until he performs the act. What triggers his conscious and deliberate action of walking? Desire. His mother or father may call him, "Come to Mommy" or "Come to Daddy" and out of his desire to do so, he stands; he wobbles; he achieves his balance; he walks...." ~The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan ~Self-Improvement: The Basis for Community Development, Study Guide 5: Building The Will Pt.1   National Center | 7351 South Stony Island Ave. | Chicago, IL 60649 US Unsubscribe | Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice