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Imagine being alone in the universe or even just alone here on earth; would you lay on the ground all day doing nothing or would you live and build and explore and wonder at the beauty of world? All western versions of god are petulant evil children, they are hypocrites - "humans should be extra 'good' but I can be tyrannical and egotistical and immoral because I am god" - what a crock.
The other thing you are probably suffering from is:
The modern American version of capitalism requires people to take massive doses of SSRIs to continue trudging through corporate slave life, and Utah has more anti-depressant users that anywhere - for a reason, many Mormons are trudging through corporate work slavery, highly bureaucratic corporate church slavery and a marriage where sex and true happiness have been perverted into a ritual bordering on self-hate.
Breaking free from any/all of that makes one wonder what it is all about. One thing I am certain about is that there is no god, no "karma", no "force" in the universe that has my back. The vagaries of the universe and life will ebb and flow and assigning any of those positive or negative circumstances that might occur to a god or karma or "attracting energy to yourself" are ways to mislead and/or control you.
Some people enjoy hard work as an end in itself; similar to people who enjoy the "pain" associated with intense fitness/sports activities. As I mentioned in a previous thread there is a story of a Zen master asking his students why they ride their bikes; the students all have various reasons, health, cheap transportation, etc but one says "I ride simply to ride..."
Chop wood, carry water - live simply to live.
http://www.amazon.com/Chop-Wood-Carry-Water-Fulfillment/dp/0874772095
To think about how you can/will mold your child without even realizing it, check out this book:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Optimistic-Child-Depression-Resilience/dp/0618918094