Heaven or hell?

[SamKnause]

16. I live in a rural area.

I live on 12 acres.

I am surrounded on all sides with either forests or corn and soy bean fields.

My mail box is a fairly long walk from my house.

When I am walking back up the driveway after getting the mail I sometimes talk to my cat,
that follows me like a dog.

I tell her do you know how lucky we are to live here ???

I also say this to my mom and brother when they visit or I talk to them on the phone.

I know how lucky I am.

I appreciate and enjoy all the beauty that I am surrounded by, but as an atheist I don't
attribute it to a deity. As a atheist I don't believe in heaven or hell.

I never did understand the concept of heaven.

What is heaven to me could be hell to someone else or vice versa.

My mother (101 years old) is religious and I know her idea of heaven would be hell to me and vice versa.

I am content knowing that I have one life and when it is over, it is over.

I think religion has been a destructive force and if a deity exists he, she, or it is either evil or useless.

When I die I hope people will say, she was a nice person, because I strive to be nice and to help others.