Having lived my life under the general auspices of
affluence, it would be easy to believe that the universe provides for worthy
souls.
Yet it obviously does not provide for an awful lot of people
in this world and while it might be easy to say they do not choose to live
well, that would be a cop out. Small
children dying of starvation and disease have not earned that state.
Human beings make up lots of stories about why things
happen, why things are the way they are, how to circumvent the bad things.
The truth is more likely that we are often a self-serving, greedy,
thoughtless group of creatures who choose to opt for the safety, comfort and
power of our own families above all others.
The stories make us feel better about that. They justify the intolerance and hate, the
prejudice and injury we inflict on everyone else.
As election time draws near we are going to hear more and
more stories justifying bad behavior and insane beliefs, but we are adults
now. It is time to put away our
childish faith in absolutes and realize that the world depends on each of us to
make it what it is.
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