First, know thine own ideal – spiritual, mental and material; not as to what ye would have others do, but what ye would do for others. Smile upon those that are downhearted and sad; lift the load from those that find theirs too heavy to bear, in gentleness, in kindness, in long-suffering, in patience, in mercy, in brotherly love. And as ye show forth these to thy fellow man, the ways and the gates of glory open before thee. Thus ye may find in thy mental and spiritual self, ye can make thyself just as happy or just as miserable as ye like. How miserable do ye want to be? … For you GROW to Heaven, you don’t GO to Heaven. It is within thine own conscience that ye grow there.
– #EdgarCayce

SO MOTE IT BE!  We have been told this since time immemorial.