The Freshman...16? (or) What is a soul? (part I)

I learned in tenth grade that the original meaning of the word "glory" had to do with heaviness.
Simple, right? The things that matter to us are "weighty". They have a sort of glory.

At college, everyone wants to be weighty. Especially the freshmen. We want to be noticed for our talents, respected for our knowledge, and liked for our personality. We desperately seek ways to be weightier in the sight of our friends. We need that affirmation.

Why? What is it about being human that makes us long for recognition?

I honestly believe, like C.S. Lewis, that it is the desire for glory...the glory that comes from God alone.

But that does so little to answer that question... :-)