Jul 4 2012: This is a great, classic self-help question. It is designed to identify desires that are being ignored because of the fear of failure or even the knowledge that you'll fail. I use it with my own students. The point is not that you do the desire--I might want to play in the NBA but am 5 feet tall or sing opera but have no talent--but that your life touches that desire. I've had students who've wanted to swim in the olympics who now coach kids, students who want to end world hunger who now volunteer at the food bank, and those who say they want to be president who then run for student government. Most compelling is when a student realizes that NONE of their life touches their soul--they're studying computer science because of their parents' desire. It can be a transformative question, but admittedly a fun academic exercise as well.