Fun after fun, vanity after vanity, opportunity after opportunity, I began to put my soul in danger; I was full of distractions, a distaste for continuing that special friendship with God, which arises from prayer, began to grow within me. And also because my sins were increasing, the taste and delight I once experienced in practicing virtues began to fade. At the same time, I clearly saw, my God, that if I was missing anything, it was that I was missing you.
(Teresa of Jesus, Book of Life VII,1)
