Dovina7 Aug 2005

<The best satisfactions on earth are lacking something compared to what?> Compared to a deep inner sense that something more must be available - That's the feeling expressed by CS Lewis and others. He would not be satisfied with saying "my circumstances make me about as happy as any human being on earth." That would not be the high endpoint of satisfaction for him. He cannot know the level of satisfaction of other humans, and feels that if his good marriage and other pleasures seem lacking an unknown element, then it is probable that the missing thing is only available outside of human interactions. Unlike you, his satisfactions were not right in line with his expectations because yours are logically derived while his were sensual.