The joy and truth I feel

I'm an Atheist. And without any belief in a God or Gods, I experience:

• Joy
• Love
• Wonder
• Hope
• Happiness
  
• Contentment
• Compassion
• Sympathy
• Empathy
• Strong, impossible-to-ignore compulsions to help others
• Strong urges to sing and dance and laugh
  

All without a God or Gods. All without Jesus, Yahweh, Jehovah, Allah, Isis or Vishnu.

My life has meaning because I work to make it so. My emotions and values have a genuineness, an honesty, that I never experienced when I tried to believe in the invisible all-knowing Super Friend. Life feels authentic!