After Everything

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 What do you do after you got everything you've ever wanted from life? What does life look like after the happily ever after? This is a question I've been thinking about recently, and I think I've just about got the answer. The answer for me, at least.

Let me explain my thought process. Like always, I first started with a list. I asked myself, What are the things I most want in my life to achieve peak happiness? For me, these were things like a God-Fearing family, a husband and kids, a fulfilling career, and peace and contentment with my life. Now, I may be getting ahead of myself but I feel like I can achieve this in 20 years or so. So the question returns, what after that?

I think its safe to say that all of these questions lead to an even bigger and more important question that I believe everyone should ask themselves at some point. What are you living for? Once you answer this question, it's pretty easy to find the answer to all the other ones. What you live for describes your final destination in life. It determines whether your happiness has a peak, or whether there's somewhere else to get joy always. It tells you what to do after you've got everything you've ever wanted, and hopefully it can guide you to deciding what that "everything" really is. 

 I am happy to report that I finally found my answer to the question. I thought about it while in the car. I thought about it in the shower, and in the mirror before bed. I even took the time to go outside and do my "thinking extra hard" routine of pacing around and looking at the trees. I thought so hard about it that my answer seemed to hit me in the face, so easily it almost made me laugh out loud. 

I live for my Creator. My Creator is all who I am, and all I will ever be. He is my final destination. After I receive all I could ever want on Earth, it's not over. I have eternity to spend with eternal joy as apposed to a speck of life here. The truth is, nothing I could ever have would satisfy me. There will always be something in me that needs more, and nothing on Earth can fill that kind of hunger. I do think that there is some sort of peak happiness in life if you create one for yourself. If you live your life believing that you've already been your happiest, most fulfilled self, then you are creating a cage for yourself to live in. How can we ever truly be in our "prime" when life on Earth is not even our prime? I live in comfort knowing that my prime will never be found here. I live experiencing all of the ups and downs life has to offer in one day alone. At the end of the day though, I thank my maker for all of it. 

So, I leave you with this. Ask yourself hard questions and take the time to construct hard answers. Reflect on what you really live for, and live momentarily. Don't ever think that you've already passed your prime when you know that your prime is yet to come. 

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