Understanding

If there is no greater purpose to serve (i.e. no God, no afterlife) then I am fully responsible to the present moment, to creating in this moment the world in which I want to live. I acknowledge that my actions have power. I could turn this philosophy to hedonism, but hedonism is empty and leaves me continuously hungry. Turning my responsibility to the present beyond myself, engaging my power, leaves me filled and satisfied. If there is a God, an afterlife, it is a bonus. I've lived a life worthy of the afterlife but lived it for the present moment.