Things can have a purpose, even if God didn't ordain it. Whether people suffer or not, whether people are good to me or not, whether I am good to other people

Things can have a purpose, even if God didn't ordain it. Whether people suffer or not, whether people are good to me or not, whether I am good to other people are all important, even if our life here is temporary. Yes, in the long run all will be forgotten, but in the short run, the long run doesn't matter. Suffering and joy are to be managed in the meantime; we can experience both directly, and we can get satisfaction and meaning indirectly by helping other attain joy/avoid pain. That is something that we can demonstrate to be true here and now, something that is beyond dispute. It seems to me we should work on the here and now and not spend so much energy trying to curry favor to better our position in a hypothetical afterlife.