Justice and Tragedy

So there is really no thing as justice. It's a fairy tale. A myth. An illusion. The real question is, why do you thing it's supposed to be? Who started that idea? The Bible? Society? Boston Legal? We just do not know.

Justice sounds like a good idea because it is an equalizer for pain. I get hurt, so you get hurt in return. An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. But, that's just not the case. there's more land than ocean, more salesmen than prophets, and more roaches than roach motels. Things aren't meant to be equal. suffering and happiness are not weights in some cosmic Weight Watcher's balance; their relative proportion is unpredictable. Just get over it.

Here's the deal, tragedy may be unequal, but it isn't random. Yes, there is meaning. Bad things usually happen to snap us out of whatever haze we are in at the time. We are supposed to start questioning our beliefs, try to figure out what is important to us, and try to figure out why we go on living. People don't usually change unless they feel sufficient pain to overcome their natural resistance to change. Change takes energy; it's a Simple physics concept that applies to day to day living. Tragedy energizes, and what suffering is supposed to encourage us to do is girue out how to avoid suffering in the future. It's evolutionary. Find out what happy people do and imitate them. It's not rocket surgery.