Punchline

Leaving the gym I had a thought;
what if there isn't a hell?
What if, God showed you how much He/She/It loved you by granting you
eternal life. Eternal time. A forever with everyone and everything you've
ever loved that has moved
on to
the other side.
No matter the sin. No matter
the history.
Through murder, suicide, and natural causes
you got there.
God gave you all the time in the word to praise Him/Her/It
and
even if you were wrong or right,
it didn't matter because you were shown the answer at the end.

We go through life worried about making poor life choices and
some of us
don't tilt our
pretty
little heads and see that
they're inevitable anyway.

So what if that was the punchline?
God gave us what we were afraid to lose.
Or Buddha.
Or whatever is your religion.

Later Days, Longer Nights