What if this is heaven?
Not in a cynical, "What if this dark world is as good as it gets? Sorry," kind of way. More like: what if we are actually living in the midst of heaven right now, and the only reason it doesn't seem that way is because the noise is so loud that the signal can't get through?
What if heaven is not a place where there is no crime, hate, or disease, but a place from which you can see—in spite of those things—the amazing beauty of life, of people, and the capacity for resilience, compassion, and forgiveness.