Is There Justice?
A few days ago I visited the Human Development Foundation (HDF) which is a non-profit organization, helping poor, abused and sick (HIV/AIDS) children.
The organization is lead by a catholic priest but there is no proselytization of the children. Beside this they have Christian, Jews, Buddhist and Muslim supporting the organization.
While I was there I was wondering, if we can expect justice from life in general. If you see a two year old child, already infected with HIV/AIDS, somehow this question comes up, if you like it or not. I think we can't and more important we don't have to. The thought of expecting justice from life is childish and has nothing to do with nature. Nature don't have to and isn't righteous - for what?
I think the problem starts with the expectation. We don't have to expect anything, because through the expectation we will attach feelings and if our expectations aren't fulfilled, we are disappointed. Although I know, I won't be able to live with no expectations at all, I think I should try.
If we believe in justice and if we believe in the right thing - what ever this might be - we can only achieve that by doing it ourselves. There is no justice in general but everyone of us, can do the right think in the very moment.
If we can understand why we are doing certain things, if we understand the motivation behind our actions, we can be righteous. But this is probably a theoretical approach, since we won't be able to understand our actions completely, hence our self-influence is very limited.
The organization is lead by a catholic priest but there is no proselytization of the children. Beside this they have Christian, Jews, Buddhist and Muslim supporting the organization.
While I was there I was wondering, if we can expect justice from life in general. If you see a two year old child, already infected with HIV/AIDS, somehow this question comes up, if you like it or not. I think we can't and more important we don't have to. The thought of expecting justice from life is childish and has nothing to do with nature. Nature don't have to and isn't righteous - for what?
I think the problem starts with the expectation. We don't have to expect anything, because through the expectation we will attach feelings and if our expectations aren't fulfilled, we are disappointed. Although I know, I won't be able to live with no expectations at all, I think I should try.
If we believe in justice and if we believe in the right thing - what ever this might be - we can only achieve that by doing it ourselves. There is no justice in general but everyone of us, can do the right think in the very moment.
If we can understand why we are doing certain things, if we understand the motivation behind our actions, we can be righteous. But this is probably a theoretical approach, since we won't be able to understand our actions completely, hence our self-influence is very limited.
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