“Ambition, lustful, narcissistic—I was all of these things. God gave me a mother; she showed me that nothing in this material world is worthy of our ambition. God gave me a woman; she showed me that loving means renouncing oneself. God gave me a son; I started to believe that he was created in my image. God took him away from me to show me that he was created in his image. Ambitious, lustful, narcissistic—I was all these things, and still am, as we all are. As we all are. But not one of us is alone—ever. Not even when we are in desperation, bitterness, darkness. God is close to us. God is more brother than any brother… He is more friend than any friend… More lover than any lover…”
St. Augustine from the movie Restless Heart