“No matter what happens… when the heart turns to God, the blessed life is on its way. It’s on its way Here and it’s on it’s way Now. It’s certainly true that the hereafter is going to be even better. But if you want to go to heaven, the secret is, Go Now. Because it’s already here. Eternity is not going to start later. It’s been running for a long time. It’s in process now. Paradise is in good order. And we begin to walk in the Kingdom of God now by putting our confidence in Jesus Christ and learning from him. That’s the heart.”

spoken by Dallas Willard