This has always worked for me...

“Live a good life.

If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by.

If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them.

If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.” ...attributed to Marcus Aurelius .


Any musical talent I have was a product of the home environment I grew up in, as the aunts and uncles who raised me after my adopted Mum and Dad were killed in a car accident on Xmas Eve when I was a little boy, were all musically gifted and they fully supported my interest in music.

They were secularists, and, although I was given complete freedom in choosing a religious doctrine for myself, I found their rational and humanistic code of ethics quite suitable, and in spite of their disbelief in the "supernatural", they instilled in me a true sense of wonder for music in its many forms.

I am very grateful to them for these valuable gifts that were given so freely and unselfishly and have imbued my life with so much happiness and peace.

Ian