Dead Reckoning

Or rather I should say "the reckoning of the dead," or "the reckoning that awaits the dead."

Some of the nuns (but by no means all of them!) told us that those unworthy to stand in the Light of the Lord will see that they are unworthy and recoil from the Light.  Surely, with all of the remorse that I have accumulated in this life, I will be among them.  What wilderness awaits me then as a consequence?  And what company will I keep in this the Netherworld?

Justice requires that, in making this reckoning, we see ourselves through a clear lens.  Otherwise, the worst among us, including the members of our political class, in their narcissism and supreme self-regard, would pass through the Gate of Regret.  And those who deserve Heaven -- the Dalai Lama, Fred Rogers, and countless single mothers, widowed and divorced, would join me in the ranks of the Netherworld.