Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
What if this weren't a hypothetical question?
Paradise is exactly like where you are right now... only much, much better.
Ask a deeply religious Christian if he?d rather live next to a bearded Muslim that may or may not be plotting a terror attack, or an atheist that may or may not show him how to set up a wireless network in his house. On the scale of prejudice, atheists don?t seem so bad lately.
Get away from the crowd when you can. Keep yourself to yourself, if only for a few hours daily.
Learning to live in the present moment is part of the path of joy.
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.