Despite all the difficulties and tragedies in the world today it is still the best possible world that God has created for us to live in. So maybe the good life is not about being more comfortable. Perhaps its more about being challenged to develop those qualities and characteristics that will make us fully human and fulfill the image of God that was placed in each and every one of us at the moment of our creation. That spark of God is alive within us all and Gods desire is to fan that spark into a flame.