There Is No Justice In This World

The world is not [always] just.

Good things happen to bad people, and vice-versa.

Often, fairness doesn’t come into it. Sh*t happens; it’s how you deal with it.

Yet what constitutes ‘good’ and ‘bad’ is rarely as clear-cut as we’d like it to be. And whilst differentiating the two may seem important from a theoretical and ideological standpoint, what does this actually mean in practice?

Simple: human beings are nuanced creatures. Welcome to reality.

Despite this, I believe that human beings are fundamentally good.

This is a choice.

This is a choice and this is my choice.

This is a choice I make in spite of any evidence to the contrary.

This is a choice I make not to excuse my own — and others’ — wrongs, but to allow myself to live freely.

This is a choice that allows me to wake up in the morning feeling inspired to do — and be — better than I was yesterday.

This is a choice that allows me to forge meaningful connections with myself and the world around me.

This is a choice that allows me to accept and forgive; to rise above my own foibles and reconcile myself with my imperfections. This is a choice that forces me to truly feel; to see the shades of grey within every story, and make peace with their inevitability.

Making this choice helps me.

It’s not selfless, but self-soothing.

And so I say no to justice. Two wrongs do not make a right, and one right does not right a wrong. One thing cannot excuse — or remedy — another; it’s not that simple.

“If only…”

Why is this important?

Because what we do matters.

What we do matters, and it is only when we acknowledge — and accept — that what happened actually happened that we give ourselves the opportunity to move on from it.

We are always learning, always growing, always changing — or at least we can be. Yet the most powerful opportunities for learning, growth and change occur not when we’re consciously trying to drive ourselves forward, but when we take a step backwards and take stock; when we ask ourselves the unanswerable, and give ourselves permission to listen to the intangible.

Who are you?

Who do you want to be?

What does this mean to you?

How can you get closer to achieving it?

I believe that human beings are fundamentally good because I believe in our collective potential.

We are not the sum of our flaws.

We are more than our fears.

And we can be more loving and compassionate than we ever imagined.

There is no justice, but there doesn’t need to be. Justice is a means of deflecting ownership and responsibility.

S/he who reframes the past, redefines the future.

We are stronger than we ever knew we could be.