When I began blogging I would sometimes scrolled down to the bottom to see if anyone out there was coming in. A chart showed levels from one to ten and indicated that zero, and very occasionally ONE person read my thoughts. But after some time my chart showed I was HALF WAY THERE! But then I saw the graph adapted; the gradation was then between zero and TWO!
Buddha said life is hard. Why then are we surprised every time something is unpleasant.
C. S. Lewis says we are born with a strong longing for home. That perfect and blissful place we lived before we were born into bodies. Whether we recognize this longing in its various forms, or not, it is there. In most all of us the longing for home persists in spite of constant disappointments. I’d say eating two dozen doughnuts in a sitting, shopping to excess, and taking drugs are attempts to return back to that state of being that is natural to us, These are short cuts and their joys are fleeting.
As a member of the Church Of Jesus Christ of The Latter-Day Saints, or Mormans, I love both of these teachers, Buddha and Lewis. This world is run by forces opposite those in heaven, our first home and family. It’s a jarring experience to be here. I’m surprised over and over when my longing for good is pulled out from under my spiritual feet and I land on my head. Buddha, Lewis, and Christ would remind me to land on my heart.
But all is well. I’m more than half way there. I’m here to learn, I am learning, and my value is based on those things I long for.  nancymauerman.com