I am once again motioned to post the question: Why do bad things happen to good people?
I am consistently amazed at the amount of times I see, whether it be on the news, in the paper, on the internet and more often than not, in my own life
I know a great many people, I know some of them better than others, some I only say hello to in passing on the street, people I know professionally, both through my performing and my work.
And though I DO know a great many people, there are only a select group of them whom I would consider to be 'good people', now not to say that other people who I know aren't good people - I just haven't been in enough situations to make an accurate and fair judgement on these peoples 'goodness'
In any case, most recently I have seen such horrible things happen to this person in my life, again and again has this person had to be the receiver of worse and worse news. This person I consider to be one of the most kind, caring and thoughtful people I know. Never have I heard word of, nor experienced a situation in which this person has EVER been malicious, hateful or disrespectful. If Karma is to be true then it sure is fucked.
I'm sure that this is just cruel twists of 'fate', as a cynic of the phenomena I can hardly use the word fate seriously but for lack of a better phrase that will have to do.
There are no moral rewards for kindness it would seem. Sure, maybe there are direct ones, being nice to your boss and getting a promotion sure, but none of these random acts of kindness, ones we so rarely see in this world, go un-punished.
People who are good souls, good human beings, these are the ones who are the most tested by the tides of 'fate'.
May these people have that one moment of pure happiness, and may those who are bad feel the deepest sorrow for all they have done.
1 comment:
I think we're all subjected to different degrees of hardship at times in our lives, even those most secure and unnoticed seem to have the world swept underneath their feet unexpededly. But the thing about this, is that there is always a greater light at the end.
We should not question these bad things, but rather seek the good, even if sometimes they seem hard to find. The universe is in balance, that I do believe.
I think there are rewards for kindness, but you're right... not recognised or given by the world.. but rather recognised by oneself, to know that you've given someone a smile, or also given by those who recieve such kindness, for they are the ones who matter most to us, and there's forever a wonderful bond to help one another with these very ups and downs and hardships of life. :)
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