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Quest for Freedom

It seems to me that the Christian attitude towards this quest for freedom should be above all one of respect. In sin, especially when it is pursued through thick and thin, regardless of the consequences, the whole paradox of human nature is revealed. The divine image is obscured but clear enough to point to its Archetype. We need to be able to recognize the yearning for the infinite, for freedom and communion, the determination not

My behavior tortures me. I want so much, I want everything.

My behavior tortures me. I can’t hide from You, Omniscient God. You know how much my behavior tortures me. I don’t act well. My manners show desperate fluctuations. I usually travel between extremes. My condition oppresses me so much, God, often I exhibit a bad picture of myself. My relationships with other people are not developing well at all. One day I seem stupidly rude and impolite, and the next day I reach a level