I want to be satisfied with myself.

I think it may be good to live life as if there's no afterlife. As if this is all there is. But come to think of it, I'd probably live my life the same way. Whether or not there's an afterlife. It makes no difference. I have a conscience. I have standards. Ideas of right and wrong. And a commitment to try to do the right thing. Even if when I die I return to nothing. No heaven. No hell. No awareness of anything. It shouldn't make a difference. I'm not gonna change my conduct in order to improve my chances of going to heaven rather than hell. I'll do what I think is right. And let the proverbial chips fall where they may. In the end, I want to be satisfied with myself. That I lived as me. --Jim Broede