Life is like “The Good Place.” Most people seem to think life is a time to be savored for whatever joy we can find here when it’s actually a personal hell in disguise. This is the place where there’s weeping and gnashing of teeth. We’re here to learn experientially that we need God’s love and peace in order to feel any semblance of joy. Life is our punishment for thinking we don’t need God, that we can be our own god, that we can be good apart from God. Our cosmic energy shows up here to balance our karma and for God’s glory to be revealed. Some things we deserve, others we don’t. Sometimes we can tell the difference but not always. However, I believe, we will eventually be rewarded with more love and peace if we endure our sufferings patiently and don’t give up.