And if you choose a life of relative navel gazing, do not be dissuaded by the poor opinions of the unenlightened. The mob that blindly follows the false gods of fame and fortune should not effect your chosen destiny. Be the best you can be, if you want to, but make sure it is at something that has meaning for you and not something that simply matches the desires of the mob. I don't speak necessarily of the Creator God that so many religions espouse, though that is certainly a valid way of looking at it. I speak rather of a unifying source that binds all living together.
Energy can neither be created nor destroyed, it merely changes form.
Is it so hard to imagine then, that these forms we wear can be sloughed off by death, releasing that energy which animates us. Is it inconceivable to believe that that energy chooses not to simply end, but to return again to living. Each person, each animal, each plant, each living cell, is connected by a web of energy that cannot die and will not end. I was in love once and wrote a letter to this girl. I'm not sure she read it, but I would guess she did, because I saw her once again, briefly, and she had a scared look in her eyes.