There are plenty of people who just go about their lives in a way and manner in which there isn’t any real master plan that takes into fair consideration who and what they really are. Indeed, some people believe that all that they are is represented in the physical and the mind that they have, and nothing more. Then there are others who recognize that they do have a soul, but can’t seem to figure out what they should or should not prioritize in their life. So too, there are those who know better, but their behavior doesn’t demonstrate that in action. Nevertheless, wherever a given individual is, it doesn’t change what is going to happen to all of us, which is there will come that time in which each of us will stand before God, and those that thereby do not tremble at that thought, are either those that are clueless, or are the very few, that are well prepared for such and therefore welcome it.
In truth, as much as we can fool some or even most of the people here on earth, there is no fooling of that which will fairly judge us. Further to the point, as much as we might excuse our misbehavior or blame our mistakes on this or that, in the judgment to come, all mitigating factors will have already been taken into account. Additionally, as much discomfort as there might well be in having our bad deeds replayed to us, they will be played, of which, perhaps for the first time, we will know how our misdeeds hurt the other, for this is part and parcel of our judgment, which truly is the only way therefore for us to know that we ought to have done better, because in many respects we always did know better, but failed to do the right thing, again and again, when called upon to do so.
To apologize has its place, but it isn’t going to be enough to just apologize, because an apology without corresponding action that helps to mitigate or to correct what has been done wrong isn’t an apology that is of any meaningful value. In life, our conscience will be pinged when we are on the wrong path, of which some people consciously avoid giving space to these thoughts; whereas others have deadened their good conscience through drugs and drink, so that they can ignore that still, quiet voice which has their best interests in mind.
In life, we have been gifted with free will and those that understand the responsibility that comes with that free will, along with comprehending that what we do with such, really does matter, are the same that are better able to make good decisions, because at the end of the day, we are the combination of that which we have thought and done, which signifies that those that are currently on the wrong track, need to take agency of their own being, and to do therefore their fair share to demonstrate that they will do their good part to make this world a better place for their valued participation in it, which will make for a future improved showtime, with far less lasting regrets.