Spiritual exhaustion

We no longer see our longing as a congenital and holy restlessness put in us by God to push us toward the infinite. Instead it becomes a tamed and tame thing, domesticated, anesthetized and distracted. We are restless only in a tired way (which drains us of energy) and not in a divine way (which gives us energy).—Ronald Rolheiser, Forgotten among the Lilies: Learning to Love beyond the Fears, 5