So Close In Body Yet So Far In Spirit

I love living in Israel. I feel it is a huuuuge zchus and hope never to leave again. I feel like living in chutz la-aretz is like serving idols [OK - PLAGIRISM! I lifted that last line right out of the gemara at the end of Ksubos]. I also feel G-dless in chutz la-retz [ditto].

But I WISH I could feel what this man felt about the Land. I am sooo far....