I’m reminded of Reepicheep:
“I have come home at last! This is my real country! I belong here. This is the land I have been looking for all my life, though I never knew it till now…Come further up, come further in!”
― C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle
And since there are degrees of reward, the more favored among us can continue the hike with their elder Brother further up into the mountains, passing even more beautiful waterfalls while the rest of us wait patiently, conversing with each other and being glad for them. None of this sitting on a cloud grumbling “Wish I’d brought a magazine” nonsense.