Heaven

If you believe in heaven there is a cost to get into it.  It is not free, nor can you jump over the turnstile and cheat your way in.  Heaven begins now, but you don't get to enjoy it in this mortal body without paying the price.  What price?  Each day you have to pay/give up something.  You pay a little selfishness, fear, resentment, fall pride, envy, jealousy, gossip, judgments of others, whining, and so on.  You give up a little bad behavior and immaturity on a daily basis and you will get to enjoy some heaven right here and now.  I have found it so.  Initially, making the payment, call it dues if you want, there might be some wincing.  You really take pleasure in the gossip and put downs of others.  But after you pay, or resist the temptation, which is the currency of payment for most of us, you will often find that you do feel better.  It is a little bit of heaven.  Unlike this blog, heaven is not free of payment.