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(It was a cold, cloudy day as I drove down to the hospital. It had rained some last night and this morning. Room 330 was on the chilly side to me, but Jane was comfortable.

(Carla was back from vacation, and I thought she might help Jane call me tonight. As I was taking my nap in 330 this afternoon, Margaret Bumbalo called, inviting me across the street for supper this evening.)

(2:59. Jane had a smoke while I did some mail. A fine rain fell. Resume at 3:36.)

The same applies to almost any situation. Religion holds some ideas that are in complete opposition to each other in regard to the nature of suffering in general. Some believe that suffering is a punishment sent by God for past or present sins, or even omissions, while other religious schools insist that suffering is sent by God as evidence of his particular love for the individual involved: “God must love you very much, because he sent you so much suffering.” (As Jane has been told by several nurses.)

(It also arouses my sense of irony and dismay — for the nurses who told Jane such things are presumably in better health than she is. Their implications were that God loved Jane more than he loved them, and would reveal this in heaven. What kind of heaven does this leave those healthier individuals to look forward to, then? Surely a lesser one, in perhaps unknown ways? This ought to give such people pause …)

(3:58 p.m. Jane did call this evening — at about 10:00, just as I was sitting down to begin typing this session. I’d stayed much longer at the Bumbalos than I’d planned. The supper was delicious, and afterward John and I had an interesting conversation ranging over a number of subjects. He’d read Jane’s latest book, The Education of Oversoul Seven, and liked it very much.)