My very dear Maria Elena,
I heard you are sick and lost your job. It is the nature of the world—of samsara—for things like this to happen, because of our different past karmas, as you know well. When you practice Dharma, serving others from the heart, then very heavy past negative karmas get purified in this life. The karma to be in hell for many eons manifests as some undesirable thing, such as sickness or difficulties in this life.

On top of this, you should think you have been successful, in that all your past prayers to receive the suffering of others—the most precious, wish-fulfilling mother sentient beings—are ripening on you now. Think, “I am an extremely fortunate one, the most fortunate one.”

With big love and prayer...