“As human beings, we are given a unique opportunity to experience life with all its ups and downs, joys and sorrows. It is a privilege that must not be taken for granted.” - Hew Chee Fong (via Noosa Botanical Gardens)
Bad Things, Good People, and Why They Connect
I have a few friends who have recently gone through some difficult experiences, and one recently said that they keep thinking, “Why do bad things happen to ‘good people’?”
I (think I) figured it out; at least some of it.
Bad things happen to ‘good people’ because they will use the grief, lessons, and understanding to help others in similar situations.
‘Bad people’ will turn those experiences into anger and use that energy to make others hurt or suffer in the way that they did, or worse.
Whether you think of yourself as ‘good’ or ‘bad’, in every moment of struggle you have the power to choose one; for your present and future effect on yourself (mind & body), and others.
If you’re going through a tough time, know that when the situation is over or these feelings have passed or subsided, you will be stronger as a person and as a contributor to the world.
Have faith in what comforts and guides you, and, most of all, in your own strength.
