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 I prefer the Biblical answer:

“For behold, I am creating a new heavens and a new earth;
And the former things will not be remembered or come upon the heart.
But be joyful and rejoice forever in what I create;
For behold, I create Jerusalem for rejoicing
And her people for joy.
I will also rejoice in Jerusalem and be joyful in My people;
And there will no longer be heard in her
The voice of weeping and the voice of crying."
- Isaiah 65:17-19