Reading George MacDonald's Diary of an Old Soul (downloadable online) - it is humbling to read the words of a man who is aware of the inner thoughts common to all people, and can relate them to spiritual truth. He always shows me how puny my life has been - like the people in Lewis's The Great Divorce who, upon finding themselves in a heaven-like environment, cannot even walk on the grass because it is more REAL than they are and it hurts their feet. TGD is a book I liken to strong medicine, meant to heal, but not too tasty until we have acquired a taste for it, usually by suffering blows to our pride.