Yeah, okay. ;-)

I don't think that those who are gone are necessarily "gone" in the ultimate sense. They're just not "here" anymore, that's all. I might be right, I might be wrong, we'll find out in due course of time. Or we won't. As the case may be. What I mean is...if there's no afterlife, then we won't find out, cause we won't be conscious following death. And if there is an afterlife, then we will find out. Hopefully.

I tend to look considerably beyond the possibilities of this immediate existence here....but I agree with you that there is still much to enjoy in the moment, just in the many small things that we can enjoy in our daily lives.