Happiness Starts with Death and God

Death and God: This is probably the number one key to True Happiness…. the ‘killer app’.

All humans are mortal, and we all die. Actually, death is the defining characteristic of life. It’s the one thing we all know will happen for sure.

Yet, it is a seldom discussed topic on a personal level. It is even a seldom thought-about event. So my first advice on this topic is to ‘get over it’, accept it, stop imagining that one day you will wake up and some scientist will have invented the live forever pill (we have all had that dream, at least once….)

For Atheists this is pretty straight forward, ‘when it’s over it’s over’. So it’s best to make the best of the only thing you know, your life.

For people believing in God (like me), no matter what their religious or non-religious beliefs are, it gets more complicated. But at some point, it comes down to ‘do you feel lucky?’ Or better put, ‘Does God give humans any form of existence after death?’

To be happy, it makes little difference as to your beliefs, as the answer is pretty much the same. On this issue, you believe what you believe. And your belief has to get you past the point of worrying about dying. There is nothing you can do about it, as dying just happens…

You live the best life you can, and God is in control of what happens next, you are not…

Since you have no control, you know that death is not worth worrying about.

Therefore, since death is the one thing you know will happen, nothing else can be so important that you need to worry about it. If you can stop worrying about the future, then you should be able to enjoy the True Happiness as it occurs in your life.

It is a very simple concept to understand. But it seems that it is difficult for most people to actually stop worrying about death and everything else in their lives. So practice it a bit. When you meet someone who exudes happiness, you will probably also discover that they have made ‘peace’ with their mortality and learned not to worry.